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5000 Marks
| Issuer | Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa (Polish National Loan Bank) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| In circulation to | 1 July 1924 |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette enclosing the Polish eagle with crown, surrounded by an elaborate symmetrical acanthus-scroll guilloche framework in blue-grey and reddish-brown. The denomination 5000 appears in the upper corners, with the series designation and serial number printed below the central vignette, and the anti-counterfeiting warning text set in small letterpress type along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | KTO PODRABIA LUB FAŁSZUJE BILETY POLSKIEJ KRAJOWEJ KASY POŻYCZKOWEJ ALBO PUSZCZA W OBIEG LUB USIŁUJE PUŚCIĆ W OBIEG PODROBIONE LUB FAŁSZYWE BILETY, PODLEGA KARZE CIĘŻKIEGO WIĘZIENIA. (Translation: Anyone who replicates or forges the notes of the Polish State Loan Bank or puts or tries to put replicated or fake notes into circulation is subject to a punishment of a heavy prison sentence.) |
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The Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa was a German-established institution, created during the occupation of Polish territories in 1916 to issue a parallel currency — the marka polska — that would displace Russian rubles without granting Poles genuine monetary control. By 1920, the institution was operating under the newly independent Polish state, but the inflationary pressures of the Polish-Soviet War were already eroding the marka's value at pace. This 5000 Marks note belongs to the high-denomination emergency issues that proliferated as purchasing power collapsed.
The series was printed domestically under difficult conditions, and paper quality across P#31 examples varies considerably as a result.