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50 Dollars Foreign Exchange Certificate
| Issuer | Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (Pekao) |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Blue guilloche underprint with a vertical cross-shaped lighter panel at centre. A central oval guilloche vignette in brown and gold carries the denomination "$50$" in green. The Pekao bank logo appears above the vignette, with instructional text in dark brown flanking either side. The denomination "PIĘĆDZIESIĄT DOLARÓW" is printed in large green letters at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | BON TOWAROWY Pekao UPOWAŻNIA DO POBRANIA TOWARÓW EKSPORTU WEWNĘTRZNEGO WARTOŚCI $50$ BON TOWAROWY MOŻE BYĆ ZREALIZOWANY W KAŻDEJ PLACÓWCE BANKU POLSKA KASA OPIEKI S.A. PIĘĆDZIESIĄT DOLARÓW BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI S.A. WARSZAWA, DNIA 1 PAŹDZIERNIKA 1969 ROKU |
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Bank Polska Kasa Opieki — Pekao — issued Foreign Exchange Certificates from the late 1960s as a mechanism to capture hard currency from Poles receiving remittances from relatives abroad, primarily in the United States. Rather than allow dollars to circulate or be exchanged at the official rate, which bore no resemblance to real purchasing power, the state funneled incoming foreign currency through Pekao and replaced it with these certificates, redeemable only at the Pewex chain of hard-currency shops. The system effectively taxed the diaspora while rationing access to imported goods unavailable through normal socialist retail.
The 1969 series carried a watermark — modest security for what was, functionally, a parallel internal currency.