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The one-zloty banknotes introduced into the circulation amounted to PLN 735,000. They were made on green-tinted paper, measuring 64 x 103 mm, sourced from the bank paper factory in Jeziorna near Warszawa, secured by a watermark showing the centrally placed digit “1”. The graphic design was created by Jan Minheymer, who was an engraver of the Bank Polski. Centrally, at the top, the author placed a cartouche consisting of two stylized heraldic shields with the Polish eagle and the Lithuanian Pahonia, crowned with a closed-type royal crown. On the sides of the cartouche he placed the number on the left and the series of the banknote on the right. Below the heraldic shields, on the background of the lines, there is an inscription: “Zł 1”, under which a fancy ornament with the Arabic numeral “1” and the inscription: “zloty one” presented the denomination of the banknote. At the bottom, a centrally placed inscription says: “The Bank of Poland shall pay the Bearer”. Below there was a facsimile of one of the bank’s directors – Paweł Głuszyński or Henryk Łubieński. In the lower right corner there is the designer’s and engraver’s signature: “Minheymer sc.” The entire image was complemented by a guilloche frame with the inscription and the date in the corners – “RO-KU-18-31”. The reverse side was left unprinted. This is the first Polish banknote printed using the lithographic technique. Additional security feature for the banknote is provided by a rectangular dry stamp with the inscription: “Złoty 1” cut into the lower guilloche frame. The banknote was into circulation from August 1, 1831 to June 1, 1832. Many of these banknotes were not returned to the bank and, carefully kept in Polish homes, constituted a national souvenir reminding of the period of armed efforts to restore independence.
