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5 Zlotys
| Issuer | Kasa Biletów Skarbowych (Polish National Treasury) |
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| Year | 1794 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | PIĘĆ ZŁOTYCH N C 1. Uchwała Rady Naywyższey Narod: Dnia 8 Czerw: 1794 Bilet Skarbowy 5 PIĘC Na Pięć Złotych polskich (: rachniąc z iedney Grzywny Kolonskiey Złtś pol: 84½ Monety Srebrney:) które Skarb Narodowy każdemu Ukazicielowi ninieyszego Biletu z funduszow na umorzenie Biletów Skarbowych przeznaczonych y na ogólnych Dobrach Narodowych hypotekowanych zapłaci oraz we wszelkich dochodach Publicznych według powyższey Uchwały Rady Naywyższey Narodowey przyimowac będzie |
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| Protection description | Large watermark letters 'B' and 'S' (Bilet Skarbowy) visible in the lower portion of the note; circular embossed dry seal of the supervisory authority applied to the lower centre of the note. |
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Issued by the Kasa Biletów Skarbowych — the Treasury Note Office established by the Kościuszko Uprising government in the summer of 1794 — this note belongs to Poland's first modern paper currency issue. The uprising against Prussian and Russian partition required rapid war financing, and these treasury bills were produced in Warsaw under siege conditions, drawing on a population being asked to fund a national insurrection with its own pocket money.
The dry seal and watermark represent a serious attempt at security for the period, though the notes circulated during a crisis that ended with the Third Partition and the effective erasure of the Polish state in October 1794. Most surviving examples have seen heavy use.