polish publications
Banknote series E-71: History revealed, Pieniądz - świadek historii 2/2022, Warsaw 2022, ISSN 2720717X
97 pages format about 21 x 21 cm, softcover, interesting study of the history of the banknote series code-named "E-71". The catalog presents the history of banknotes with the code name "E-71", as well as the ambiguities associated with them and unexplained, until now. The banknotes were revealed in one of the vaults of the National Bank of Poland, where they were stored in crates marked "secret of special significance." The crates contained three sets of materials for the production of banknotes code-named "E-71" - prepared for a possible armed conflict between the Soviet Union and its satellites and NATO countries. The catalog includes two articles outlining the history of the E-71 banknotes and the genesis of the "Cold War" and the course of the conflict between East and West. Added to the catalog is a fold-out copy of the staff map "secret spec. meaning" of the plan for the offensive operation of the coastal front, personally approved by Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski. As an added bonus, there are life-size images of more than 120 graphic designs, printing samples and the banknotes themselves by Andrzej Heidrich - Legends of Polish Banknotes.
