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10 Cents Foreign Exchange Certificate
| Issuer | Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (Bank Pekao SA) |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Size | 111 x 56 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BON TOWAROWY DZIESIĘC CENTÓW 0,10 UPOWAŻNIA DO POBRANIA TOWARÓW EKSPORTU WEWNĘTRZNEGO WARTOŚCI $ 0.10 $ BON TOWAROWY MOŻE BYĆ ZREALIZOWANY W JEDNOSTCE BANKU PKO S.A. ORAZ W KAŻDEJ PLACÓWCE HANDLOWEJ UPRAWNIONEJ DO PROWADZENIA SPRZEDAŻY TOWARÓW EKSPORTU WEWNĘTRZNEGO BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI S.A. WARSZAWA DNIA 1 PAŹDZIERNIKA 1979 R |
| Reverse description | Pink guilloche underprint with repeating denomination and dollar-sign motifs fills the field, framed by dark green geometric border bands at top and bottom. A large dark green circular guilloche medallion at left displays '0,10' and a dollar sign. The centre and right portion carry the issuer's legal disclaimer text in dark green letterpress, with a plain circular void at right. |
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Bank Pekao's Foreign Exchange Certificates were a mechanism for extracting hard currency from Poles receiving remittances from abroad — dollars, deutschmarks, and other Western currencies could not circulate freely, so the state channeled them through Pekao, issuing these scrip-like certificates in exchange. Holders could then spend them at Pewex stores, the regime's chain of hard-currency shops stocking Western goods unavailable through normal socialist retail.
The 1979 series replaced an earlier Pekao bon system and remained in use until 1990. Small denominations like this one circulated heavily and are consequently harder to find in decent condition than the higher values.