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50 Kopiejek Łódź
| Issuer | Urząd Starszych Zgromadzenia Kupców m. Łodzi i Komitet Giełdowy Łódzki |
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| Year | 1915 |
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| Currency | Rouble (1915) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on pale blue guilloche underprint, the obverse carries a central vignette with the large numeral '50' surrounded by elaborate rosette and interlace guilloche work. A four-paragraph redemption text in Polish occupies the upper portion, with the series designation 'Serja AB' printed in red at upper right. The lower half bears the printed names and manuscript signatures of officials representing the Urząd Starszych Zgromadzenia Kupców m. Łodzi and the Komitet Giełdowy Łódzki, accompanied by two columns of attestation text and a red oval stamp of the Wydział Finansowy at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Niżej wymienione Instytucje wypłacą okazicielowi w swoich kasach PIĘĆDZIESIĄT KOPIEJEK trzy miesiące po podpisaniu traktatu pokojowego. Bony są zabezpieczone conajmniej wdwójnasób wartościami, złożonemi w bankach. Serja AB 50 KOPIEJEK Urząd Starszych Zgrom. Kupców m. Łodzi: St. Silberstein, K. Eisert, E. Heiman. Komitet Giełdowy Łódzki: M. Kernbaum, R. Geyer, Dr. A. Biedermann. Zaświadczamy, że powyżej wymienione zabezpieczenia są u nas przechowywane: Bank Handlowy w Łodzi: J. Petters, I. Zand. Bank Kupiecki Łódzki: E. Wever, Z. Koń. Emisja 50-ciu kop. bonów nowego wzoru uchwalona została na zebraniu Urzędu Starszych Zgromadzenia Kupców i Komitetu Giełdowego w dniu 13 marca 1915 r. |
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Łódź's textile manufacturing base made it one of the most economically significant cities in Russian-controlled Poland, and its occupation by German forces in December 1914 immediately strangled normal commerce. This 50 Kopiejek note was issued jointly by the Council of Elders of the Łódź Merchants' Guild and the Łódź Exchange Committee — a rare instance of two distinct commercial bodies co-issuing emergency scrip, reflecting the city's unusual structure as a trade hub with organized institutional infrastructure even under occupation.
The kopiejek denomination deliberately retained Russian monetary framing, the ruble system still being the reference currency in circulation at that moment.