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Kowalski Marian - Polish paper money 1794-1994, Warsaw 1994, ISBN 838555887X
222 A4 pages, hardcover, illustrated catalog with historical commentary. Book new, in wrappers. Book published for the 200th anniversary of Polish paper money. Discusses its history from the establishment of the Bank of Poland until 1994. I. Polish paper money until the establishment of the Bank of Poland Kosciuszko Uprising 1794 Cash tickets of the Duchy of Warsaw issued on December 1, 1810. II. The establishment of the Bank of Poland and the introduction of the first paper money in the Kingdom of Poland in 1828 Bank of Poland cash tickets of the issue of May 1, 1830. Issue dated 1831 III. Issuing activities of the Bank of Poland in 1841-1866 Forgery of single-penny tickets Introduction of new single-penny bank tickets of the Bank of Poland Extension of circulation of cash and bank tickets of 5, 10, 50 and 100 zlotys p. until December 19/31, 1857. Withdrawal from circulation of single-ruble green-colored tickets New designs of single-ruble bank tickets Withdrawal from circulation of destructs of 25-ruble Bank of Poland tickets Dynamics of monetary circulation Liquidation of the Bank of Poland Bank tickets issued in 1841-1866 Personnel composition of the Directorate of the Bank of Poland 1828-1886 IV. The Second Republic of Poland Issues of the Polish National Loan Fund 1918-1924 Issues of the Bank of Poland and the Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of Poland 1924-1938 Authorities of the Bank of Poland in 1924-1938 V. People's Republic of Poland Issues of the National Bank of Poland 1944-1990 VI. Third Polish Republic National Bank of Poland Issues The text is supplemented with tables: Table 1 Data of bank tickets, determined by the decree of October 22 / November 3, 1830 Table 2 Silver bullion stock in the treasury of the Bank of Poland in 1831 Table 3 Stock of coins and tickets held by the Bank of Poland in 1831. Table 4 Total value of cash and bank tickets in circulation from 1828 to 1841, as of January 1 of the year in question Table 5 Total possession of finished bank tickets on deposit with the National Debt Redemption Commission Table 6 Number of cash and bank tickets in circulation from 1847 to 1851, as of January 1 of the year in question.Table 7 State of cash and bank tickets in the years 1855-1859 Table 8 Cash turnover of the Bank of Poland in the years 1828-1840 Table 9 Circulation of cash and bank tickets and average daily exchange of these tickets for silver coin Table 10 Circulation of bank bills, bullion stock and amount of daily exchange in the studied period of the years 1841-1866 Table 11 Tickets of the Polish National Loan Fund put into circulation on April 26, 1917. Series I. with the inscription Board of the General Government of Warsaw Table 12 Tickets of the Polish National Loan Fund. Series II. with the inscription Board of the General Government of Warsaw.Table 13 Financial situation of the Treasury from 11.11.1918 to 27.04.1924 Table 14 Legal acts, authorizing the issuance of new money Table 15 Total number of tickets put into circulation in 1924. Table 16 Pass tickets of the Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of Poland put into circulation in 1925-1929 Table 17 Circulation of bank tickets in stubs Table 18 Circulation of money in Poland in 1945-1990 (as of December 31) Table 19 List of persons signing banknotes of the National Bank of Poland in 1946-1993 Each chapter describes the historical background, images of the banknotes in question are presented, with a detailed description of the legal acts, designers, known series (broken down into letters, numbers and numeral size) signatures, numbering, paper color, watermarks, place of printing, mintages and known errors and forgeries. A valuable source of information for both beginners and experienced collectors of Polish paper money.