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10 Dollar Seamen's Trade Vouchers. Baltona
| Issuer | Przedsiębiorstwo Handlu Zagranicznego Baltona |
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| Year | 1973 |
| Type | Exchange certificates |
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| Reverse lettering | PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO HANDLU ZAGRANICZNEGO Baltona MARYNARSKIE BONY TOWAROWE NIE PODLEGAJĄ UMORZENIU I W ZAMIAN UTRACONYCH BONÓW NIE WYDAJE SIĘ DOKUMENTÓW ZASTĘPCZYCH |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Baltona (Przedsiębiorstwo Handlu Zagranicznego Baltona) was the Polish state foreign-trade enterprise that operated a network of hard-currency shops — accessible to foreign sailors, diplomats, and select others — as a mechanism for the state to capture convertible currency without liberalizing access to it. These seamen's vouchers functioned as internal scrip: a sailor earning dollars or marks abroad could exchange them for Baltona notes, spend them in Baltona shops, and never touch złoty at all.
The watermark security on a domestically printed voucher of this type speaks to the counterfeit risk Baltona clearly anticipated from its own clientele.