Collection

Poland 1940 — 10 Złotych (Bank Emisyjny, Series F, Pick 94a), Giesecke & Devrient, PMG 65 EPQ

The 10 Złotych of 1 March 1940 was the first note issued by Bank Emisyjny w Polsce, the German-controlled central bank established in the General Government after the September 1939 invasion. Designed and printed by Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig, it replaced pre-war Bank Polski currency and became the everyday money of occupied Poland. Obverse: allegorical female figures of Industry and Agriculture within neoclassical ornament; crowned female head at left — a faint echo of national dignity amid occupation imagery. ... Read more →

Poland 1926 — 10 Złotych (Pick 65br Remainder, CM#64c–d), Bolesław Chrobry 992–1025 Watermark, PMG 40 EF

Remainder variety of the interwar 10 Złotych listed as Pick 65br — the unnumbered remainder to Pick 65b — using the trial portrait watermark reading “Bolesław Chrobry 992–1025.” Catalog context: the mass-issued type with the generic guilloche watermark is Pick 65a. Notes issued with the dated Chrobry portrait watermark are cataloged as Pick 65b and are scarce but documented. This piece shares the plates and paper of Pick 65b but was never serialed or released, hence its remainder status. ... Read more →

Poland 1929 — 10 Złotych (Pick 69, CM#68) Issued, PWPW, PMG 67 EPQ Superb Gem

The 10 Złotych dated 20 June 1929 completed Bank Polski’s first modern post-stabilization currency series. Designed in Warsaw and printed by PWPW (Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych), it brought a balanced Art-Deco neoclassical aesthetic that symbolized the Second Polish Republic’s recovery after early-1920s hyperinflation. Obverse: allegorical Industry and Agriculture flank the national arms within ornate guilloché and geometric framing. ... Read more →

Poland 1926 — 10 Zlotych (Watermarked Paper, Boleslaw Chrobry 10 ZL Watermark)

Blank paper stock prepared for the 1926 10 Zlotych issue, classified by PMG as Watermarked Paper. This piece represents the base security paper manufactured for the early interwar 10 Zł notes before the final design was printed. It bears the undated watermark reading 'Bolesław Chrobry 10 ZŁ' (Milczak type), positioned diagonally across the sheet and visible when held to light. ... Read more →

Poland 1940 — 10 Złotych Printing Remnants (Forgery Workshop Underprint, Miłczak 94)

Fascinating semi-finished product from a wartime forgery workshop, connected with the 10 złotych 1940 issue (Miłczak 94). The piece is printed only with the underprint of the obverse design — background guilloches and the female allegorical portrait at left — without the main face value, overprints, or full intaglio elements. Trimmed to the correct banknote format, it represents an intermediate stage in the counterfeiting process. ... Read more →