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100 Marks
| Issuer | Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette at left centre of a nobleman in traditional Polish dress with fur-trimmed coat and feathered hat, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The heading BILET POLSKIEJ KRAJOWEJ KASY POŻYCZKOWEJ appears at upper right alongside the large numeral 100, with a block of text below stating the redemption obligation. The denomination STO MAREK POLSKICH is inscribed in bold script across the lower portion, with series and serial number below; a fine guilloche border frames the entire design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa — the Polish State Loan Bank — was itself a German wartime creation, established in 1916 to fund occupation administration in the Kingdom of Poland. By 1919, the new Polish state was still issuing notes through this inherited institution while its own monetary framework was being assembled, which is precisely why marek-denominated notes continued circulating under Polish authority into the early independence period.
Adam Półtawski, better known as a typographer and the creator of the Półtawski Antiqua typeface, contributed design work to several notes in this series — an unusual role for a man whose primary reputation rests on letterforms rather than banknote art.