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10 Kopiejek
| Issuer | Częstochowskie Towarzystwo Pożyczkowo-Oszczędnościowe (Częstochowa Loan and Savings Society) |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in violet-purple on plain paper, the reverse carries a large decorative guilloche underprint with the numeral "10" repeated vertically on both lateral margins. The bold denomination word "KOPIEJEK" is set in large display letters across the centre of the guilloche field, flanked by the numerals. Two blocks of Polish text appear above and below the central denomination: an authorization notice and an anti-counterfeiting warning. The printer's imprint "F.D. Wilmoszewski, Czest." is present at the lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | Przymusowy obieg niniejszego kwitu został zatwierdzony decyzją Rady m. Częstochowy d. 24 Października 1914 roku za Nr. 8023. KOPIEJEK Fałszowanie i rozpowszechnianie fałszywych kwitów będzie karane według praw stanu wojennego. F.D. Wilmoszewski, Czest. (Translation: The compulsory circulation of this receipt was approved by decision of the City Council of Częstochowa on 24 October 1914 under No. 8023. / KOPECKS / Counterfeiting and dissemination of counterfeit receipts will be punished according to martial law.) |
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Emergency municipal scrip issued at the outbreak of World War One, when the Russian Empire's monetary system began seizing up across its Polish territories and small change vanished almost overnight from circulation. Częstochowa sat directly in the path of the Central Powers' advance, and local savings institutions stepped into the vacuum before any official sanction arrived.
Printed locally by Wilmoszewski rather than a specialist security printer, which shows in the relatively modest production values typical of Polish municipal emergency issues of this period. Dratyński's involvement suggests the society made at least some effort at professional design rather than pure utility printing.