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| Issuer | Bank Polski |
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| Year | 1858 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on cream paper with an elaborate engraved design. At the top centre sits a circular vignette of the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle beneath a crown, flanked by crossed swords and foliate scrollwork, with the numeral '3' in each upper corner. The central text panel carries bilingual legends in Russian and Polish, followed by two manuscript signatures above the serial number repeated twice at centre-bottom. The lower portion is occupied by ornate acanthus-scroll cartouches enclosing the Roman numeral 'III' on each side of a blank watermark medallion, with the year '1858' inscribed at the very foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on cream paper with a restrained but elegant layout. The four corners each bear a guilloché circular medallion enclosing the numeral '3', with small ornamental cross devices at the top and bottom margins. The central area carries bilingual denomination legends in four languages arranged in script lettering — French at the upper centre, German along the left margin, English along the right margin, and Russian and Polish towards the lower centre. A large red rectangular cancel stamp is applied diagonally across the face. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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