Catalog
1 Cent (0,01 US$)
| Issuer | Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | Pekao BONY TOWAROWE BANKU PKO S.A. NIE PODLEGAJĄ UMORZENIU LW ZA MIAN BONÓW UTRACONYCH. BANK PKO S.A. NIE WYDAJE DOKUMENTÓW ZASTĘPCZYCH. |
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| Protection type | Guilloche |
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Bank Polska Kasa Opieki — PKO — was a state-controlled foreign currency institution, not a conventional central bank. These cent denominations were part of a series of dollar-denominated vouchers issued for use in Pewex hard-currency shops, where Polish citizens could spend remittances received from abroad without those dollars passing through the black market. The regime's motive was straightforward: capture foreign exchange before it disappeared into unofficial channels.
Printed domestically in Warsaw despite the US dollar denomination — an unusual arrangement that underscores the purely internal function of the series.