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1/2 Marki Witkowo
| Issuer | Wydział Powiatowy Powiatu Witkowskiego |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress note printed in red and black, with a central oval cartouche enclosing the denomination PÓŁ MARKI in bold capitals above the issuing authority WYDZIAŁ POWIATOWY POWIATU WITKOWSKIEGO, followed by the manuscript place and date inscription Witkowo d. 29. listopada 1919 r. and a handwritten signature. The numeral 1/2 appears in large black figures within dark rectangular panels at left and right, each flanked by heraldic shield vignettes bearing the Polish eagle, while a fine red guilloche underprint with repeated text fills the outer border. A bold counterfeiting warning and expiry date notice are printed along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | ASYGNATA POWIATOWA PÓŁ MARKI WYDZIAŁ POWIATOWY POWIATU GNIEŹNIEŃSKIEGO Gniezno d. 19 Listopada 1919 r. KTO PODRABIA LUB PUSZCZA W OBIEG PODROBIONE ASYGNATY POWIATOWE, PODLEGA KARZE CIĘŻKIEGO WIĘZIENIA ASYGNATA POWIATOWA TRACI WARTOŚĆ 1. PAŹDZI. 1920R. |
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Witkowo is a small town in the Gniezno district of Greater Poland (Wielkopolska), and this note was issued by its county authority — the Wydział Powiatowy — during the administrative chaos following the Greater Poland Uprising of late December 1918. As German marks remained the de facto currency during the transition period before Polish monetary unification, local governments across the region issued their own small-denomination emergency scrip to address acute shortages of low-value coin. The Witkowo half-marka sits squarely in that tradition.
County-level issues from this uprising period are among the least documented Polish notgeld, with print runs unrecorded and surviving quantities largely unknown.