Catalog
100 Marks
| Issuer | Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa (Polish State Loan Bank) |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue and terracotta, with two symmetrically placed octagonal vignettes each bearing a profile portrait of a classical female allegory in orange-red intaglio, flanking a central floral medallion with the numeral '100'. The upper register carries the bold letterpress inscription of the issuing institution name across the full width of the note, while the denomination 'STO MAREK POLSKICH' appears in large block letters at the foot. Serial numbers are printed in black on both sides of the central medallion. |
| Reverse lettering | BILET POLSKIEJ KRAJOWEJ KASY POŻYCZKOWEJ 100 STO MAREK POLSKICH A·3511108 |
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The Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa was established by the German occupation authorities in December 1916 to issue a parallel currency for the territory of the Kingdom of Poland — a buffer zone carved out of Russian-held land after the 1915 offensive. The Mark issued here was pegged nominally to the German Reichsmark but administered separately, partly to insulate the German monetary system from the economic instability of the occupied region.
Printing at the S. Manitius press in Łódź rather than in Germany was a deliberate logistical choice — Manitius was one of the few commercial presses in occupied Poland capable of producing currency-grade work under wartime conditions.