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10 000 Coroane Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Hungarian-language face of the Austro-Hungarian Bank 10,000 Korona note dated 2 November 1918, validated for circulation in Romanian-administered Transylvania and the Banat by a circular black "TIMBRU SPECIAL" overprint. The central vignette to the right presents an oval portrait of a young woman in Art Nouveau style with floral hair adornment, set within an intricate guilloche underprint in green and grey tones. Denomination numerals "10.000" occupy each corner, with the principal legend "TIZEZER KORONA" in bold letterpress at centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10.000 10.000 DESET TISIC KORUN DESET TISOC KRONUR DZIESIEC TYSIECY KORON DESET TISOC KRUNA ДЕСЯТ ТИСЯЧ КОРОН ДЕСЕТ ХИЉАДА КРОНА DIECIMILLA CORONE ZECE MII COROANE DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN ZEHNTAUSEND KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2 November 1918 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETAR DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT 10.000 10.000 |
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This note is one of the more politically charged issues in Romanian numismatic history. Following the armistice of 1918, Romanian forces occupied Transylvania and the Banat — territories previously under Austro-Hungarian administration — and the new authorities faced an immediate practical problem: the region was still awash in Austro-Hungarian banknotes. Rather than wait for a full currency integration, Romania authorized the overprinting of existing Austro-Hungarian Kronen notes with Romanian text and markings, creating a transitional fiduciary currency valid specifically in the occupied territories.
The "Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat" designation is deliberate — Siebenbürgen being the German name for Transylvania, included to reassure the region's substantial Saxon German-speaking population. The Banat itself was disputed at this moment; Romania ultimately received the eastern portion under the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, while the western Banat went to Yugoslavia.