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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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| Currency | Mark (1917-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and red, centred on a large crowned Polish white eagle set within a red oval shield and enclosed by an elaborate scrollwork cartouche surmounted by a royal crown. Denomination numerals '10' appear in red within ornamental frames at the upper left and upper right corners, with a smaller imperial eagle vignette and value repeated in red at the lower right. Two columns of letterpress text in Polish flank the central vignette, with three manuscript signatures and a red paraph at the lower left and the date '1917' at the foot of the central design. |
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| 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.