PLN 500 banknote to be released in 2017
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The National Bank of Poland (NBP) announced on Tuesday it is going to start working on a PLN 500 which will be released in 2017 the earliest.
The new banknote will have the image of Jan III Sobieski, one of the kings of a 17th century Poland. Hence, the NBP is going to maintain the chronological order of the series dubbed "The rulers of Poland." The PLN 500 banknote was designed in 1994, but the central bank decided to not release it.
The NBP also presented the new PLN 200 banknote with a modernized security system which will be released next February.
