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5 Marek Polskich
| Issuer | Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the Polish White Eagle on a crimson oval shield, crowned and set within an elaborate baroque cartouche with foliate scrollwork. The denomination numeral '5' appears in ornate guilloche rosettes at upper left and upper right, with the legend 'MAREK POLSKICH' across the top. Text columns flanking the eagle carry official declarations in Polish, with two manuscript signatures and the date 'dn. 9-go grudnia 1916 r.' below the left-hand text block, and a small embossed stamp at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | MAREK POLSKICH 5 Rzesza Niemiecka przyjmuje odpowiedzialność za spłatę biletów Polskiej Krajowej Kasy Pożyczkowej w Markach Niemieckich po cenie nominalnej. Zarząd Generalnego Gubernatorstwa Warszawskiego Warszawa, dn. 9-go grudnia 1916 r. Kto podrabia lub fałszuje bilety Polskiej Krajowej Kasy Pożyczkowej, albo puszcza w obieg lub usiłuje puścić w obieg podrobione lub fałszowane bilety, podlega karze ciężkiego więzienia. |
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The Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa — the Polish State Loan Bank — was a German-administered institution established in 1916 under the occupation authority of the Kingdom of Poland, a puppet state carved out of Russian-controlled Polish territory after the Central Powers' 1915 eastern offensive. These notes were issued to fill the currency vacuum left by the retreating Russian administration, and they circulated alongside German military marks rather than replacing them outright.
The PKKP series is often treated as a precursor to independent Polish currency, but the institution answered to Berlin. That political reality is baked into the paper itself.