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Bank Polski share 100zl 1934 now National Bank of Poland (NBP)
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Bank Polski share 100zl 1934As on pic - could be with different number but in similar condition
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From Wikipedia:
When Poland regained its independence in 1918, it was lacking a central bank. Following the State Treasury Repair Act of January 11, 1924, minister Władysław Grabski created a new Bank of Poland (Bank Polski, Warschau) as a joint stock company. Its stock was soon raised from the initial 100,000,000 złotych to 150 million, split onto 1.5 million shares. The bank was independent of the government of Poland, though it carried out its monetary policies. As the main shareholder, the President of Poland had the right to name the chairman and deputy chairman of the bank's board of trustees.
Prior to the Polish Defensive War of 1939 against Third Reich and Soviet Union, all of the gold reserves (105,000 kg) were evacuated from Poland to the Banque de France (Paris)[1] and then most of it to Canada and London.[2] The Bank continued its functioning in exile, as the central bank of the Polish Government in Exile and financed most of its armed forces, while in occupied Poland the Third Reich created its puppet Bank Emisyjny w Polsce (Emissionsbank in Polen, Krakau). The German Reichsbank in 1940 issued its own currency, the so-called German "Krakow-Zloty". Until December 31, 1944 the Bank of Poland in exile had a formal monopoly for printing currency.
Similar to other "Allied Military Currency"-bank notes, American "Liberation banknotes" for Poland were printed in 1944.
On 15 January 1945 the new communist authorities of Poland founded the National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski, Warschau).[3] In 1946 the remaining pre-war gold reserves weren't returned to Poland, but the Polish Government in Exile remained in force until 1990. On 7 January 1952 the Bank of Poland itself was liquidated and its role was taken by the Narodowy Bank Polski.[4]