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10 Marks
| Issuer | Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa (Polish State Loan Bank) |
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| Year | 1916-1917 |
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| Printer | S. Manitius Press, Łódź, Poland |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 MAREK POLSKICH 10 Rzesza Niemiecka przyj- muje odpowiedzialność za spłatę biletów Polskiej Krajowej Kasy Pożycz- kowej w Markach Nie- mieckich po cenie nomi- nalnej. Zarząd Generał-Guberna- torstwa Warszawskiego Warszawa, dn, 9-go grudnia 1916 r. Kto podrabia lub fałszuje bilety Polskiej Krajowej Kasy Pożyczkowej, albo puszcza w obieg lub usi- łuje puścić w obieg pod- robione lub fałszowane bilety, podlega karze cięż- kiego więzienia. 1917 (Translation: 10 POLISH MARKS The Empire of Germany takes responsibility for the payment of Polish State Loan Bank notes in German Marks at their face value. Board of the General-Governorate of Warsaw Warsaw, on 9th December 1916. Those who counterfeit or forge notes of the Polish State Loan Bank, or circulate or attempt to circulate counterfeit or forged notes are punishable by severe imprisonment.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in violet-brown over a green guilloche underprint and arranged symmetrically, with an oval female portrait vignette at each upper corner framed by intricate floral and arabesque guilloche panels filling the field. The denomination numeral '10' appears twice within the guilloche work at centre, with the serial number printed twice across the middle band. A decorative bottom panel carries the value inscription in large letterpress text. |
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The Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa was created in December 1916 under German occupation as a parallel monetary authority for the puppet Kingdom of Poland — its notes denominated in marks to align with the occupying power's currency rather than the Russian ruble that had previously circulated. Printing locally at the Manitius press in Łódź rather than importing notes from Germany was a deliberate administrative choice, though it meant lower production quality and less consistent ink coverage than the German-printed issues in the same series.
P#3B designates a specific signature or serial variety within the type. Notes printed at Manitius during 1916–17 are known to show considerable variation in paper weight.