 This move of the Russians made the government of the Free City of Kraków to protest, under the pressure exercised by its own citizens who refused to accept the new coins, by introducing its own currency featuring the Polish White Eagle (which constituted a part of the arms of the Free City).The new currency was to circulate in Kraków alongside the Polish złoty.In 1835 three coins of the new currency, the Kraków złoty, were released into circulation in following denominations