Janusz Parchimowicz:
TABLE SERII BANKNOTÓW POLSKICH OD 1944
Tables of Poland's banknote series from 1944

For several years now, the JEFRYT publishing house has occasionally published miniature editions of coin catalogs in addition to the main catalog, measuring 9 x 12 cm and featuring varying content. A similar booklet for banknotes has now been published by the publisher. However, this book, which costs 40 zloty, is not a miniature of the complete catalog, but rather a table of Polish banknotes in circulation from 1944 onwards. It is divided into three parts: the People's Republic of Poland from 1944 to 1965, banknotes from 1974 to 1994, and the most recent banknotes from 1994 onwards.

We find small colored images of all banknotes and the Parchimowicz number.The catalogue does not begin with No. 163 - 50 Groszy 1944, because these notes have no control numbers and serial letters, but with No. 164: 1 Zloty.

The main catalog lists prices for two letter (groups), namely AA and AB - XT, to give just one example. However, there are 44 other letter combinations after AA up to XT. Some notes have only a few series letters, others have significantly more. These are not valued, however; the main catalog is available for this. For notes still in use today, one begins with 10-zloty note no. 216, which has two pages with letter pairs from AA to ZA. You'll need to invest quite a lot of money if you want to collect all the 200-zloty notes based on their face value alone. There are even completely empty fields where new combinations can be entered.

To put it bluntly: These serial letters have always been collected in Poland. In addition to the best quality, collectors in Poland also always wanted to have the lowest possible control number and the initial letter A or AA in their collection, and they paid considerably more for these than for other banknotes. Today, people spend a lot of money on notes with strange number combinations like 234567 or 000012345, but that's no longer relevant to this book review.

When younger collectors compare these booklets of crosses after many years, they may discover which combinations are common, which are difficult or almost impossible to obtain, and set prices for them in future catalogs.

German collectors are also interested in serial letters and special control numbers; it is only a question of priority and money in which direction one expands a collection.

For 40 zloty, you get an almost equally complete booklet with black-and-white illustrations, but without prices, in addition to the 2025 banknote catalog. This work is an ideal "pocketbook" for stock exchanges and trade fairs. The slim booklet, with only 60 pages, is intended as a "wallet book" for banknote collectors, as it is also very handy and practical when "hunting" for sought-after paper money. It contains the banknotes cataloged in the banknote catalogs, arranged by series. They are arranged in alphabetical tables, each with a "blank box" where you can check off what you already have; prices can also be noted here.

Of course, there are also collectors in Poland who only collect banknote types and, at best, seek out variants such as single- or double-digit serial letters. A good 50 years ago, people began to select such banknotes from the mass of available material. Even some museums were interested in such collections.

In the foreword to this book, the editor, Mr. Parchimowicz, wishes all collectors much satisfaction and success. The booklet is also available for 30 PLN from the publisher at the following email address:Parchimowicz.janusz@gmail.com

To read the complete article, see:
Janusz Parchimowicz: Tabellen der Banknotenenserien Polens ab 1944(https://www.geldscheine-online.com/post/janusz-parchimowicz-neue-19-auflage-des-katalogs-zu-polnischen-banknoten-von-2025)