Tisk polských v Československu w polovině XX. století

The article is based on documents stored in the National Archives in Prague, "Ministerstvo financí" complex, as well as in the archives of the Czech National Bank in Prague and the State Securities Printing House in Prague. It supplements the information contained in Czesław Miłczak's 2005 catalog of Polish paper money. A comparison of the currency situation in Czechoslovakia and Poland after 1945 shows clear common features. The German occupation devastated the monetary systems of both countries and the new authorities had to gradually remove occupation money from circulation. Vouchers of the so-called 1944 series, printed in Moscow, were first released into circulation. When in Czechoslovakia during the monetary reform of November 1, 1945, monetary signs printed by the government in exile in Great Britain were issued for circulation, in Poland banknotes printed during the war in the United States and Great Britain were not issued. The Warsaw government went the route of creating and issuing its own banknotes, printed domestically (except for one denomination, printed in Czechoslovakia). In 1950, the Warsaw government decided to carry out a radical monetary reform. Coins were made in the Czechoslovak Republic (Kremnica mint) and Hungary (Budapest mint). Banknotes were printed in Poland (2 zlotys, 5 zlotys), Hungary (10 zlotys, 20 zlotys), and the highest and most complex denominations of Czechoslovakia (50 zlotys, 100 zlotys and 500 zlotys) on banknote paper supplied by the Polish government. Unlike in Czechoslovakia, denominations based on three times the unit were not introduced in Poland. Deliveries of coins and banknotes from Hungary were made by rail transport through Czechoslovakia, escorted by employees of the Czechoslovak State Bank and police protection. Banknotes printed in Prague were also transported in rail convoys escorted also by representatives of the Polish side, who took charge of the transport in Bogumin. The authors trace the routes and dates of the various transports (import of paper to Prague, export of banknotes from Prague, transports to and from Budapest). During the implementation of the June 1, 1953 currency reform in Czechoslovakia, all new currency signs were imported from the Soviet Union. The article completes the data on one stage of the development of Polish currency and provides comparative material for the study of post-war monetary changes in Central Europe.