First Post-War Coins Not Until 1953

A few weeks after the Germans withdrew their forces from the Warsaw District of Praga works aimed at ordering the premises of the Mint of Warsaw began. It turned out that about 40 per cent of the equipment could work again. In 1945 the company already worked but, as it had no orders, it did not produce any coins. Instead, it produced stamps and signboards for national institutions. In 1946 the government decided that the National Mint would be reconstructed at the intersection of Żelazna and Pereca Streets in Warsaw.

At the same time the government made a decision on carrying out a monetary reform. In 1950 the Council of Ministers established a new currency, i.e. the Polish Zloty which was divided into 100 groszy. The first two billion coins which replaced the paper money and occupational currency were minted outside of Poland. In 1953 the first coins were minted in the new building of the company. These were coins of the value of 1 and 2 groszy, minted with a backward date of 1949. Since 1957 the date on the mint punches has been changed according to the calendar year. In the 1950s the mint reactivated also its activity in the area of processing precious metals, production of medals and decorations. Till 1964 over 1,840,000,000 zlotys were minted, i.e. almost as many as within the period of 1766 – 1944.
In 1996, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary, the company was awarded an Order of the Banner of Labor (1st Class).
In the following years the company developed its equipment and gained experience in the area of design and minting methods.