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1 Zloty

Issuer Bank Polski
Year 1831
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Value 1 Zloty
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Obverse lettering Zł 1
ZŁOTY JEDEN
Bank Polski wypłaci Okazicielowi.
Minheymer sc.
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Protection description Watermark reading 'ZŁOTY JEDEN' incorporated into the green-tinted paper, visible on the reverse near the lower edge.
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This note was produced during the November Uprising, the Polish rebellion against Russian rule that began in late 1830. Bank Polski issued a low-denomination paper currency partly to fund the insurrectionary government and partly because the flight of coin from Warsaw had created a practical shortage of small change. The uprising collapsed in September 1831, after which Russian authorities suppressed the bank's independence and withdrew these notes from circulation.

Minheymer designed and engraved the plate himself — an unusual concentration of roles that gives the work a consistency rare in emergency wartime issues. Ludwik Łubieński, whose signature appears on the note, served as the bank's president during this period.

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