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1 Cent (0,01 US$)
| Issuer | Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. |
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| Year | 1969 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light blue bon towarowy (commodity voucher) enclosed within a fine guilloche border frame. A central oval vignette in orange-gold tones carries the denomination '$0,01$' in bold numerals flanked by ornamental scrollwork, with the Pekao globe logo at upper centre. The issuer name and issue date appear along the lower margin, with the serial number printed in red at upper left and a multi-line authorization legend across the body of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | BON TOWAROWY FL 2996943 UPOWAŻNIA DO POBRANIA TOWARÓW EKSPORTU WEWNĘTRZNEGO WARTOŚCI $0,01$ JEDEN CENT BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI S.A. WARSZAWA, DNIA 1 LIPCA 1969 ROKU BON TOWAROWY MOŻE BYĆ ZREALIZOWANY W KAŻDEJ PLACÓWCE BANKU POLSKA KASA OPIEKI S.A. |
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Bank Polska Kasa Opieki — PKO — occupied a peculiar institutional position in communist Poland: a state-controlled bank nominally oriented toward the Polish diaspora, allowed to deal in hard Western currency at a time when ordinary Poles had no legal access to dollars. These small-denomination dollar certificates were issued specifically for use in the Pewex network of hard-currency shops, where foreign goods unavailable in the regular socialist retail system could be purchased. The 1 cent value existed because the system was designed to eliminate any excuse for giving change in actual US coins.