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1 Zloty WW2 Polish Government in Exile
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Currency | Second Zloty (1924-1949) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK POLSKI JEDEN ZŁOTY WARSZAWA DNIA 15 SIERPNIA 1939 R. PREZES NACZELNY DYREKTOR GŁÓWNY SKARBNIK |
| Reverse description | Purple on light multicolored underprint. The central design consists of an elaborate guilloche medallion with the numeral 1 at top center, flanked by floral sprays and diamond-shaped ornaments bearing the letter B at left and right. A scrollwork ribbon cartouche carries the denomination JEDEN ZŁOTY across the center, below which a rectangular panel contains the legal tender inscription. The printer's imprint BRADBURY, WILKINSON & CO. LD NEW MALDEN, SURREY, ENGLAND appears at the bottom margin. |
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Bank Polski had been evacuated from Warsaw ahead of the German advance, eventually reconstituting itself in London under the Polish Government in Exile. This note was printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson — the same Surrey firm responsible for much of Britain's own wartime security printing — and was intended to back a functioning monetary authority that no longer controlled any territory. The Polish government maintained the legal fiction of the bank's continuity with some determination, and these notes were issued accordingly.
Actual circulation was negligible. The series saw use primarily among Polish Armed Forces formations in the West and in exile administrative transactions rather than anything resembling domestic commerce.