Catalog
10 Groszy
| Issuer | Dyrekcja Biletów Skarbowych (Treasury Note Directorate) |
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| Year | 1794 |
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| Currency | First Zloty (1573-1795) |
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| Obverse description | The denomination numeral and text are centred, flanked by the Polish eagle to the left and the Lithuanian Pahonia emblem to the right. Multiple lines of letterpress text surround the central device, recording the issuing authority and the legislative resolution date of 13 August 1794. A decorative border frames the entire face. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is otherwise plain, bearing a single cursive manuscript signature centred on the note, with a faint octagonal watermark impression visible in the upper portion of the field. |
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The 1794 Polish insurrection notes — including this 10 Groszy piece — were issued under the Kościuszko Uprising, a last-ditch effort to prevent the final partition of Poland. The Dyrekcja Biletów Skarbowych was created specifically to finance the rebellion, issuing fractional denominations to cover small transactions at a moment when metallic currency had largely disappeared from circulation. The entire series was produced under wartime conditions in Warsaw.
Poland was partitioned out of existence by the end of that same year. These notes were never redeemed.