What's going on: During renovation works In the historical building of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego in Warsaw, workers came across a stone album. Found under the floor The matrix was used to produce money. – They heard Hurgot while removing the boards. It turned out that they came across something unusual. They put it down and immediately notified the investor, i.e. the bank – he said Tvn Warsaw Radosław Milczarski, historian from BGK. In the Milczarski matrix he noticed “a circumstantial, which can lead to a larger history.” On the find you can read: “Issue Bank in Poland, one zloty”. Next to the three lines there are letters A and C and numbers from zero to nine.
History from World War II: Experts of the Polish Security Printing Works and the Warsaw Uprising Museum confirmed that it was The matrix of the banknote from World War II, broadcast by the General Government – POLSAT News donated. False banknotes produced the Polish underground during the German occupation. The matrix has Dimensions 18 by 19 centimeters and a thickness of 4 centimeters. The asphalt graphics of the obverse and the reverse of the unchanged banknote can be seen on its surface. The occupation of the issue bank in Poland carried out the issue of money in 1940 and 1941. The matrix found in BGK was used to create counterfeits from the first pool – this is evidenced by the markings A and C.
A unique find: Portal Akid.pl said that The banknote was known as “grinder” or “Krakow gold”. Was Used to fight the German occupier (sabotage form)and printing fake money was a underground activity. At that time, BGK was an important support center of the Home Army and Polish Underground. It is also known that it was found The print of the banknote on the stone plate is very precise and professionally made.
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Sources: TVN Warsaw, Awier.pl, Polsat News