PWPW, the Polish Security Printing Works in Warsaw, is the national printer of the złoty and holds ECB accreditation for euro banknote production. It appears in the Europa-series production code under the letter D.
| Country | Poland |
|---|---|
| Printing site | Warsaw |
| First-series printer letter | — |
| Europa-series printer letter | D |
| Europa-series control number | — |
| Status | ECB-accredited |
The Polish Security Printing Works in Warsaw.
A state printer outside the euro area
Founded in 1919, shortly after Poland regained independence, PWPW has printed the country’s banknotes, passports and identity documents ever since. Poland has not adopted the euro, so the works has no national euro allocation of its own; accreditation gives it the right to bid for Eurosystem production alongside other approved houses.
The company also holds the accreditation needed to print on polymer substrate, and its annual capacity runs to several hundred million notes.
What the letter D means here
The letter D illustrates why the production code must always be read together with the series. In the first series D belonged to Setec in Finland; in the Europa series it is assigned to the Warsaw works. A note is never identified by the letter alone.
The Europa-series reference table lists PWPW without a control number, the pattern used for works added to the accredited list without a first-series counterpart.
Reading the code on a note
The production code sits away from the serial number and opens with the printer letter. For the difference between the two series and the meaning of the plate number and sheet position, see printing offices and printer codes.
