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5 Kopiejek Magistrat Miasta Częstochowy
| Issuer | Magistrat Miasta Częstochowy (Municipality of Częstochowa) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Printer | W. Zohn i Oderfeld, Częstochowa |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red and green on plain paper, with a decorative rectangular cartouche of Art Nouveau scroll ornaments forming the border. The denomination 'PIĘĆ KOPIEJEK' appears in bold lettering at the top, flanked by two large green numerals '5' at either side. A central text block carries the anti-counterfeiting warning in Polish, and the year '1916.' is printed at the foot of the design. |
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| Signature(s) | Knoblauch (I. Burmistrz) and Berneis (II. Burmistrz) and Starzeński (Przewodn. Rady Miejskiej) |
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A product of wartime necessity rather than any banking infrastructure. During the German occupation of the Kingdom of Poland, the near-total disappearance of small-denomination metal coinage forced municipalities across the region to issue their own emergency scrip. Częstochowa's magistrat authorized this 5-kopiejek note in 1916, with the local printing firm W. Zohn i Oderfeld handling production — one of the few cases where issuer and printer were genuinely from the same town.
Three signatures appear: two burgomasters and the chairman of the city council, reflecting the collective authority invoked to give the scrip any credibility at all. Whether that credibility held in daily transactions was another matter entirely.