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1 Silver Rouble
| Issuer | Bank Polski (Bank of Poland) |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Value | 1 Silver Rouble (1 Rubel Srebrem) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper with a fine guilloche underprint. At centre, a large oval guilloche cartouche frames the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle with crown, flanked by the date 18|55 split to either side; two circular numeral '1' rosettes with red centres occupy the upper corners. Cyrillic and Polish text runs in horizontal bands above and below the central vignette, with two rectangular serial number panels at lower centre and signatures of the Prezes Banku and Dyrektor Banku below, accompanied by a small red '1' ornament. |
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| Obverse lettering | ПОЛЬСКІЙ БАНКЪ ВЫДАТЬ ПРЕДЪЯВИТЕЛЮ ОДИНЪ РУБЛЬ СЕРЕБРОМЪ СТОЮ ОДИНЪ РУССКІЙ ФУНТЪ ЧИСТАГО СЕРЕБРА ВЪ 22 ⅔ Р.Б. BANK POLSKI WYPŁACI OKAZICIELOWI JEDEN RUBEL SREBREM WEDŁUG STOPY PO 22 ⅔ Z FUNTA CZYSTEGO SREBRA WAGI ROSSY. Prezes Banku. Dyrektor Banku. |
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Bank Polski occupied a peculiar constitutional position — it was nominally a Polish institution but operated under tight Russian imperial supervision following the failed November Uprising of 1830, which stripped Poland of its remaining financial autonomy. By 1855, silver rouble denominations had replaced earlier zloty-denominated issues as St. Petersburg imposed monetary integration on the Kingdom of Poland, a process completed by fiat rather than economic logic.
The 1 rouble denomination circulated heavily among ordinary transactions and survives in worn condition far more often than in anything approaching original state. Low-denomination notes of this series took punishment.