PMG-certified banknote with PMG 66 EPQ grade.
Selected, natural piece appreciated with the highest mark in the PMG register.
A specimen piece. The paper is clean, the edges are smooth and the printing is highly centric.
In the Polish lands, the introduction of paper money into circulation was connected with expenses related to the outbreak of the Kosciuszko Insurrection. Its issuer was the Directorate of Treasury Tickets established by the Supreme National Council. In terms of value, treasury tickets were equated with coinage. Obligations to the Treasury could be paid a maximum of 50% in paper money and the remainder in coins. This condition resulted in its negative reception by the public. In the future, the redemption of treasury tickets was to be financed from national wealth. For counterfeiting paper money, the death penalty was stipulated, as well as confiscation of all the perpetrator's property. On September 29, 1794, in order to strengthen confidence in treasury tickets, the National Supreme Council authorized the regulation of the entire amount in paper pennies and zlotys. Due to the failures of the uprising, public confidence in paper money was declining. The population preferred to accept bullion money in settlements. The range of issuance of the first Polish paper money was small - it was introduced on a large scale only in Warsaw. After the capture of the capital on November 6, 1794, tickets of all denominations for a total of 7.8 million Polish zlotys remained in the hands of the population.
On September 4, 1794, the Directorate of Treasury Tickets decided to issue the denomination of 4 Polish zlotys. It belongs to the perfunctory denominations printed on paper from the Paper Mill in Jeziorna. This money has a poor design limited to a decorative frame on the obverse. The reverse bears the signature of Filip Malinowski, commissioner of the Directorate of Revenue Tickets.
