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10 Zlotych
| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Size | 149 x 88 mm |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio-engraved reverse in blue, violet, and brown. At centre, a large allegorical vignette shows a caduceus entwined with serpents rising above a cogwheel and flanked by symmetrical sheaves of wheat, symbolising commerce and agriculture. Cornucopias with fruits and grapes are placed at the lower left and right corners. At upper right, a circular panel contains the legal tender text in Polish. At upper left, a blank circular watermark reserve. The denomination DZIESIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH is inscribed in a bold panel across the lower portion, with the numeral "10" in a dark cartouche at upper centre flanked by oak-leaf sprays. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Poland's monetary system was being constructed from scratch in 1919 — the country had only re-emerged as a sovereign state in November 1918 after 123 years of partition. Bank Polski contracted the Banque de France for this series at a moment when Poland had no domestic printing capacity capable of producing secure currency, and French security printing was among the most trusted in the world.
Adolphe Giraldon was a well-regarded medallist and decorative artist whose work appeared on multiple French-printed issues for newly reconstituted European states after Versailles. The engraving team — Deloche and Clément on the obverse, Gaspérini on the reverse — were Banque de France staff engravers, not freelancers, which accounts for the characteristically tight intaglio line work typical of Paris-produced notes from this period.
Pick lists this as P#54 within a broader 1919 series that also covered 1, 5, 20, and 50 Zlotych denominations, all produced under the same Paris contract.