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25 Zlotys
| Issuer | Najwyższa Rada Narodowa (Supreme National Council) |
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| Year | 1794 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Uchwała Rady Naywyższey Narod: Dnia 8 Czerw. 1794 Bilet Skarbowy 25 DWADZIEŚCIAPIĘĆ Na Dwadzieściapięć Złotych polskich rachując z jedney Grzywny Próbowskiey Litt: pol: to 84½ Monety Srebney które Skarb Narodowy kazdemu Ukazicielowi ninieyszego Biletu z funduszow na umorzenie Biletow Skarbowych przeznaczonych y na ogolnych Dobrach Narodowych hypotekowanych zapłaci oraz we wszelkich dochodach Publicznych według powyższey Uchwały Rady Naywyższey Narodowey przyjmować będzie |
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Issued during the Kościuszko Uprising, this note was produced by the Najwyższa Rada Narodowa — the insurrectionary government established after Kościuszko assumed dictatorial powers in March 1794. Poland had no functioning central bank; the council issued paper money out of wartime fiscal necessity, backed by nothing more solid than the revolution's survival prospects. The uprising collapsed by November of that year, and with it any redemption mechanism for the series.
Surviving examples are rare precisely because the notes had so brief a window of legitimate use. The watermark is the primary security feature — sophisticated for a wartime issue printed entirely within besieged Warsaw.