The vast majority of Polish paper money from the 19th century are enormous rarities.
Common catalogs of our banknotes include issues from the territory of the Kingdom of Poland, both the early gold and later Silver Rubles. As a result, they are known to collectors, although the vast majority of them are completely absent from the trade. The 25 Silver Ruble was last offered for sale to the public in 1993, and some denominations like the 50 or 100 zloty 1824 have not appeared in trade at all.
Polish catalogs, however, do not currently include banknotes issued by large urban centers from our territories that were under Prussian annexation in the 19th century. And there are such issues from Gdansk, Poznan, Szczecin, or just Wroclaw.
For the most part, these are items of enormous rarity, comparable to the rarity of high denomination banknotes of the Kingdom. Often known only from individual pieces, proof prints, or even mere records of the existence of a given denomination, but without notations of actual pieces.
Such an item is the offered unfinished obverse print of 25 thalers, from the first issue of Breslau banknotes on June 10, 1848.
Printed with only a layer of subprinting and magnificent frame guilloches, figures on the sides and the striking Breslau city coat of arms at the top. Print realized on thin and delicate paper.
Condition of preservation very good, rated by PMG at 55.
In numismatic archives one can find only a few quotations of the 1-gallon denomination from this issue, but it is vain to look for any 25-gallon. Only this unfinished piece, previously listed on WCN 80/389, is currently known.
A unique item.
Dimensions: 145 x 100 cm.
