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⚫ First banknotes for the ''']''', issued on June 8, 1794. While originally only existing as coinage, radical changes to the currency were made during the ]. The ] of the vast ] resulted in the loss of approximately 200,000 square kilometres of land and precipitated an economic collapse. The widespread shortage of funds to finance the defense of remaining territories forced the insurrectionist government to look for alternatives. In June 1794, ] began printing paper money and issuing first Polish ] as a substitute for coinage, which could not be minted in required quantities.
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File:POL-A2a-Bilet Skarbowy-10 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg|alt=1794 Polish ten-złoty banknote|10&nbsp;złotych
File:POL-A3a-Bilet Skarbowy-25 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg|alt=1794 Polish twenty-five-złoty banknote|25&nbsp;złotych
File:POL-A4-Bilet Skarbowy-50 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg|alt=1794 Polish fifty-złoty banknote|50&nbsp;złotych
File:POL-A5-Bilet Skarbowy-100 Zlotych (1794 First Issue).jpg|alt=1794 Polish one-hundred-złoty banknote|100&nbsp;złotych
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⚫ The ''']''' is the official currency of Poland. While originally existing only as coinage, radical changes to the currency were made during the ] in 1794. The ] of the vast ] resulted in the loss of approximately 200,000 square kilometres (77,000&nbsp;sq&nbsp;mi) of land and precipitated an economic collapse. The widespread shortage of funds to finance the defense of remaining territories forced the insurrectionist government to look for alternatives. In June&nbsp;1794, the Polish military leader ] began printing paper money as a substitute for coinage, which could not be minted in required quantities. The first Polish ]s were issued on 8&nbsp;July 1794. The banknotes depicted here, in five denominations from five to one hundred złotych, are from the first issue in 1794 and today form part of the ] at the ].
⚫ |credit=Credit: ], from the archives of the ]; photographed by ]

⚫ |credit=Banknote design credit: ]; photographed by ]
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Picture of the day archives: 2022 September < 2022 September 12 2022 September 14 > Picture of the day Polish złoty
  • 1794 Polish five-złoty banknote 5 złotych
  • 1794 Polish ten-złoty banknote 10 złotych
  • 1794 Polish twenty-five-złoty banknote 25 złotych
  • 1794 Polish fifty-złoty banknote 50 złotych
  • 1794 Polish one-hundred-złoty banknote 100 złotych

The Polish złoty is the official currency of Poland. While originally existing only as coinage, radical changes to the currency were made during the Kościuszko Uprising in 1794. The second partition of the vast Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth resulted in the loss of approximately 200,000 square kilometres (77,000 sq mi) of land and precipitated an economic collapse. The widespread shortage of funds to finance the defense of remaining territories forced the insurrectionist government to look for alternatives. In June 1794, the Polish military leader Tadeusz Kościuszko began printing paper money as a substitute for coinage, which could not be minted in required quantities. The first Polish banknotes were issued on 8 July 1794. The banknotes depicted here, in five denominations from five to one hundred złotych, are from the first issue in 1794 and today form part of the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution.Banknote design credit: Kingdom of Poland; photographed by Andrew Shiva

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