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Polish mark: research record

Evidence coverage: 1919–1924. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Polish mark

FTM000314 · Research draft

A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1919–1924; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

German mark — 1871–1948 continuityaccount unit replacement · 1919–1920 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

Polish złotyaccount unit replacement · 1924 · later absorption or contribution
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Latest research

Historical account research

Firm German-mark obligation absorption fills one predecessor; does not fabricate1917 founding genealogy.

Sources and qualifications →
Modern account-unit review

1924regulation converted covered private-law claims payable inPolishmarks intozlotys under a datedvaluation scale. Direct account-obligation conversion establishes1924edge; laterwar/postwar continuity is a separate profilequestion.

Sources and qualifications →
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Inference C1122

The 1924 złoty replaced the Polish mark. Its association with the modern złoty profile compresses later wartime and postwar stages and remains qualified.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V22-020. Direct account-obligation conversion establishes1924edge; laterwar/postwar continuity is a separate profilequestion. Replacement evidence: C1639.

Narodowy Bank Polski · The history of central banking in Poland Citation S535 · Open source ↗

April 1924 złoty replacement of the Polish mark

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1529

Firm German-mark obligation absorption fills one predecessor; does not fabricate1917 founding genealogy.

Polish legislature · Law of20 November 1919 on currency in the former Prussian district, item492 Citation S873 · Open source ↗

authenticated primary-law transcription, arts1–3,7

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Primary-law text inspected in authenticated Wikisource transcription.

Supported C1639

1924regulation converted covered private-law claims payable inPolishmarks intozlotys under a datedvaluation scale.

President of Poland · Regulation May14,1924 on conversion of private-law obligations, DU 1924 No42item441 Citation S786 · Open source ↗

DU1924No42item441§§1–2,pp653–654

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Narodowy Bank Polski · The history of central banking in Poland Citation S535 · Open source ↗

DU1924No42item441§§1–2,pp653–654

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1705

In the former Prussian district German-mark obligations became nominally equal Polish-mark obligations under20 November1919 law, effective locally on promulgation or subsequent Polish control.

Polish legislature · Law of20 November 1919 on currency in the former Prussian district, item492 Citation S873 · Open source ↗

arts1–3,7

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Primary-law text inspected in authenticated Wikisource transcription.

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