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1 Silver Rouble
| Issuer | Bank Polski (Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1847 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on cream paper with a fine guilloche underprint, the obverse centres on a large oval vignette of the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle beneath a crown, with the date 1847 split to either side. The denomination numeral "1" occupies ornate circular guilloche rosettes in both upper corners, while bilingual Cyrillic and Polish text runs above and below the central vignette. Two serial number panels appear in the lower half, with signature lines for the Prezes Banku and Dyrektor Banku at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПОЛЬСКIЙ БАНКЪ ВЫДАТЪ ПРЕДЪЯВИТЕЛЮ ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ СЕРЕБРОМЪ СЧИТАЯ ОДИНЪ РУССКIЙ ФУНТЪ ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА ВЪ 83 22/25 РУБ. BANK POLSKI WYPŁACI OKAZICIELOWI JEDEN RUBEL SREBREM WEDŁUG STOPY PO 22 Ił. Z FUNTA CZYSTEGO SREBRA WAGI ROSSYJ. Prezes Banku. Dyrektor Banku. |
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Bank Polski operated as a nominally Polish institution under deep Russian imperial control by the 1840s, and this note reflects that tension directly. The Silver Rouble denomination pegged Polish paper currency to the Russian monetary system — a deliberate policy of fiscal integration following the failed November Uprising of 1830, through which Warsaw's financial autonomy was methodically dismantled over the following decade.
The bank was abolished entirely in 1885, its functions absorbed by the Russian State Bank. Notes from the 1847 series survived in relatively small numbers; the Polish provinces were not kind to paper currency, and redemption drives were thorough.