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2 Marks
| Issuer | Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa (Polish State Loan Bank) |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Size | 124 × 69 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | DWIE MARKI POLSKIE Rzesza Niemiecka przyjmuje odpo- wiedzialność za spłatę Biletów Polskiej Krajowej Kasy Pożyczkowej w Markach Niemieckich po cenie nominalnej. Zarząd Generał-Gubernatorstwa Warszawskiego Warszawa, dn. 9-go grudnia 1916r. Kto podrabia lub fałszuje bilety Polskiej Krajowej Kasy Pożycz- kowej, albo puszcza w obieg lub usiłuje puścić w obieg podrobione lub fałszowane bilety, podlega karze ciężkiego więzienia. (Translation: Two Polish Marks The German Reich holds responsibility for repayment of the Loan Bank tickets in German Marks for face value. Management general of Warsaw's governorship Warsaw day 9th December 1916 Those who counterfeit or forge notes of the Polish State Loan Bank, or circulate or attempt to circulate counterfeit or forged notes are punishable by severe imprisonment.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in orange and green with black serial numbers; two female allegorical heads in profile face one another from the left and right edges of the note, framed by fine guilloche underprint work. The central field carries the denomination and issuer inscription in letterpress, set against a delicate lathe-work background. |
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The Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa was a creation of the German occupation administration, established in 1916 to issue a parallel currency across the German-controlled General Government of Warsaw — a deliberate instrument for separating the occupied Polish territories economically from the Russian ruble zone. The Mark issues that followed were tied to the German Mark at par, effectively integrating the region into German wartime finance rather than Polish economic autonomy.
S. Manitius was a well-established Łódź printing house, pressed into service under occupation conditions. Local production kept logistics manageable but imposed real constraints on paper quality and press consistency — something collectors notice across the 1916 series.