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200 Zlotys 1831 Insurrection
| Issuer | Kasa Generalna Królestwa Polskiego (General Treasury of the Kingdom of Poland) |
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| Year | 1831 |
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| Value | 200 Zlotys (200 Złotych) |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with an ornate typeset border composed of repeated floral rosette units enclosing the entire design. A large central lozenge-shaped cartouche contains the promise-to-pay text in cursive Polish script, stating that four months from issuance the Kasa Generalna Królestwa Polskiego will pay the bearer two hundred Złotych at six percent per annum. The denomination "Zł. 200" appears in the upper right, the serial number in the upper left, and two manuscript signatures appear below the cartouche under the printed titles "Dyrektor Jeneralny" and "Minister Prezydniacy w Kommi: Rządowéy Przy: i Skarbu," with additional circular floral vignettes at the lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | ASSYGNACYA SKARBOWA Zł. 200 Dyrektor Jeneralny Minister Prezydniacy w Kommi: Rządowéy Przy: i Skarbu ASSYGNACYE SKARBOWE zabezpieczone są na wpływie Zaległości Podatkowych i innych wszelkich, które podług Prawa Seymowego do dwóch Podatkowych i wszelkich innych pochodzących z lat i rat upłynionych |
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This note was issued during the November Uprising — the Polish insurrection against Russian rule that began in late 1830 and collapsed by September 1831. The Kasa Generalna, operating under the revolutionary National Government, issued paper currency as a wartime fiscal measure to fund the campaign. The uprising lasted less than a year, which sharply limits the window during which these notes could have been produced, signed, and put into use.
Both signatories held senior positions in the insurrectionary administration. Leon Dembowski served as Minister of Finance under the National Government. The brevity of the uprising means surviving examples almost certainly saw little or no redemption.