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| Issuer | Romania (Overprint on Austro-Hungarian Bank note) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE 10 ZEHN KRONEN 10 DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN ZEHN KRONEN 10 IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2 JANNER 1904 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK *ROMANIA TIMBRU SPECIAL* GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETAR DESET KORUN DZIESIĘĆ KORON ДЕСЯТЪ КОРОН DIECI CORONE DESET KRON DER NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT DESET KRUNA ДЕСЕТ КРУНА ZECE COROANE |
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| Reverse lettering | *SZÁM* AZ OSZTRAK MAGYAR BANK E BANKJEGYERT BARKI KIVANSAGARA AZONNAL FIZET BECSI ES BUDAPESTI FOINTEZETEINEL TIZ KORONA 10 TORVENYES ERCZPENZT BECS 1904 JANUAR 2 OSZTRAK MAGYAR BANK TIZ KORONA TIZ KORONA A BANKJEGYEK UTANZASA A TORVENY SZERINT BUNTETTIK |
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In the immediate aftermath of World War I, Romanian authorities administered Bukovina before formal annexation was consolidated, and the local Austro-Hungarian currency needed to be distinguished from notes still circulating in non-Romanian territories. The solution was a straightforward overprint on existing Austro-Hungarian Bank stock — faster and cheaper than commissioning new printing. These were not issued through Bucharest's central apparatus but through provisional regional authority, which is why the series sits outside the main Romanian Pick sequence and carries the "R" prefix.
The 1919 print date in the catalog data and the "30.04.1945" printed date are irreconcilable — the latter likely reflects a cataloging or transcription error, since by April 1945 Bukovina was under Soviet occupation and no Romanian overprinting authority operated there.