The 5000 Polish marks of 7 February 1920 is the money of a young state that did not yet have its final currency. The text on the front says so directly: the Polish State takes responsibility for exchanging the note for the future Polish currency.

The front bears two symbols of Polish history: Queen Jadwiga on the left and Tadeusz Kościuszko on the right. The back is given to ornament and to a stern warning to anyone who counterfeits notes of the Polish State Loan Bank or passes forgeries.

The issuer was the Polish State Loan Bank (Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa). The design is printed by letterpress in an iris running from reddish brown to purple and dark blue, and the paper shows a watermark of a grid of squares with rounded corners.

For a Poland collection this is a high value of the Polish mark, and for a «national heroes on banknotes» set it puts Queen Jadwiga and Kościuszko on a single note. G-VG condition means heavy signs of circulation: many folds and much wear, with possible edge defects — a note that has passed through many hands.

The VPcoins catalogue includes both modern polymer issues and banknotes of past eras.