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5 Dollars Seamen's Trade Vouchers. Baltona
| Uitgever | Przedsiębiorstwo Handlu Zagranicznego Baltona |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1973 |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Predominantly light green field enclosed by a brown geometric guilloche border with corner ornaments. The issuer's full name is set in two lines of capitals with the script logotype "Baltona" centred below. A faint heraldic watermark-style figure is visible in the central panel. A disclaimer clause in Polish capitals occupies the lower portion. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO HANDLU ZAGRANICZNEGO Baltona MARYNARSKIE BONY TOWAROWE NIE PODLEGAJĄ UMORZENIU I W ZAMIAN UTRACONYCH BONÓW NIE WYDAJE SIĘ DOKUMENTÓW ZASTĘPCZYCH |
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| Opmerkingen |
Baltona (formally Przedsiębiorstwo Handlu Zagranicznego Baltona) operated a network of hard-currency shops aboard Polish merchant vessels and in select port facilities, supplying foreign sailors and Polish seamen with goods otherwise inaccessible through the state retail system. These vouchers functioned as an internal scrip — denominated in dollars but redeemable only within Baltona's own controlled outlets, keeping hard currency from leaking into the black market while still extracting value from it.
The 1973 series was issued during a period of significant expansion in Poland's merchant fleet under Gierek's industrialization drive. Baltona itself sat in an odd administrative space — nominally a foreign trade enterprise, practically a privileged enclave running on capitalist logic inside a centrally planned economy.