The "zloty" is the official currency of which country?

The “zloty” is the official currency of Poland. Its Polish name is złoty, meaning “golden,” and its international currency code is PLN.

One złoty is divided into 100 groszy. The modern złoty was introduced in 1924, replacing the unstable Polish marka after severe post-World War I inflation. Poland later redenominated the currency on January 1, 1995, at a rate of 10,000 old złotych to 1 new złoty.

The National Bank of Poland issues the country’s banknotes and coins, while the złoty’s exchange rate generally floats against currencies such as the euro and U.S. dollar. Poland joined the European Union in 2004 but does not use the euro as its currency, so travelers should not confuse Poland with many other EU members.

The złoty is commonly written with the symbol zł, while grosz is abbreviated gr. The currency’s plural forms in Polish vary grammatically, but “zloty” is the standard English spelling without the diacritic.