Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska) bond number A145140, bilingual English/Polish certificate printed by the American Bank Note Company, originally due April 1, 1940, principal and interest payable at the National City Bank of New York. Bears the 1938 assented modification overprint, per an agreement dated September 30, 1938 between the Republic of Poland and the National City Bank of New York as special agent, a copy on file at the agent's office at 55 Wall Street, New York. The modification reduced the interest rate from 6 per cent to 4½ per cent per annum and extended the maturity from April 1, 1940 to April 1, 1958, redesignating the bond "Twenty Year Six Per Cent U.S. Dollar Gold Bond of 1920, 4½ Per Cent Assented Sinking Fund External Bond due 1958," with semiannual sinking fund payments provided to retire all assented bonds by that date. Face bears facsimile signatures of the President of the Council of Ministers and the Minister of Finance, countersigned by the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the U.S. and the Delegate of the Ministry of Finance to the U.S., with the seal of the Ministry of Treasury. Condition VF. Coupon sheet retains approximately 39 attached interest coupons, numbered into the mid 1940s with semiannual payment dates visible from the early 1940s through at least 1950. CA3414

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