Catalog
10 Coroane Bukovina
| Issuer | Romania (Overprint on Austro-Hungarian Bank note) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 10 Coroane |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is based on the original Austro-Hungarian Bank 10 Kronen note dated Wien, 2 January 1915, bearing the large central German inscription ZEHN KRONEN above an oval intaglio vignette of a young boy's portrait in the lower centre. The upper portion carries the multilingual text panel listing the denomination in eight languages, flanked on the right by the serial number and multilingual denomination block. A circular Romanian violet overprint reading TIMBRU SPECIAL is applied to validate the note for use in Bukovina, with two manuscript signatures of the Generalrat and Gouverneur below the main inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2 JÄNNER 1915 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETÄR *ROMANIA TIMBRU SPECIAL* DESET KORUN DZIESIĘĆ KORON ДЕСЯТЪ КОРОН DIECI CORONE DESET KRON DESET KRUNA ДЕСЕТ КРУНА ZECE COROANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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After the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918, Romania moved quickly to assert monetary control over newly acquired Bukovina. Rather than printing entirely new currency, Romanian authorities overprinted existing Austro-Hungarian Kronen notes — a practical expedient that also served to distinguish circulating currency from notes flooding in from other successor states, which were being used to drain goods from border regions before exchange rates could be fixed.
The P#R2 designation places this in the early Romanian regional overprint series, separate from the main Pick catalog — a classification that reflects just how provisional the whole arrangement was.