A very rare 10 zloty ticket issued by the Treasury Fund of Liberated Poland. The ribbons in the corners indicate the equivalent in foreign currencies, i.e. Italian, German, French and Prussian.
A natural piece, which makes it a very attractive item. Printed on extremely fragile parchment paper, hence the losses in the margins and the strong horizontal break with a clear delamination of the paper are not surprising (this is not a tear, but a typical "crack" of the extremely fragile paper for this issue)
Paper of practically issue freshness. Colors natural and vivid.
Annotation in pencil on the reverse.
Excellent presentation for such a rare item of great historical value.
In 1848-1849, as a result of the ongoing Spring of Nations in the area of Galicia, low denomination coins disappeared from circulation. They were replaced by private paper money with inscriptions mainly in German. Vouchers in Hebrew and Polish appeared less frequently. These were money that amounted to krajcars.
In 1850, the Polish Central Committee, which had settled in exile in London, joined the European Central Committee to raise funds for revolutionary activities. A fund for the development of the activities of the Treasury of Liberated Poland was established in London. In order to raise funds, in 1853 loan bonds were printed for 10, 20, 50 and 100 Polish zlotys bearing interest at 5%. On each bond there was an equivalent amount expressed in English, French, Italian and Prussian currencies.
