Kraków złoty

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The złoty (Polish: golden) was a currency issued in the independent Republic of Cracow in 1835. It was subdivided into 30 groszy.

For an earlier coin of Kraków, issued in the 14th century, see Kraków grosz.

The Kraków złoty was equivalent to the Polish złoty in the Russian-controlled Congress Kingdom 1815-1850, which had a fixed exchange rate to the Russian currencies of 1 kopeck = 2 grosz, or 0.15 ruble = 1 złoty. This Polish monetary system was banned by the Russians following the failed January Uprising in 1863.

Both kinds of Zloty circulated until the 1846 Kraków Uprising, after which Cracow was absorbed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian gulden replaced it.

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Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801-1991, 18th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-150-1. 

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