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10 Coroane Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat
| Issuer | Romania (Romanian Administration of Transilvania and Banat) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Krone (1919) |
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| Obverse description | An Austro-Hungarian Bank 10 Korona note dated 2 January 1915, overprinted with a circular Romanian administrative stamp in dark ink at upper left bearing the legend ROMANIA TIMBRU SPECIAL, authorising its use in the newly administered territories of Transilvania and Banat. The right field carries an intaglio vignette of a young woman in three-quarter profile set against a fine guilloche underprint, with the denomination TIZ KORONA inscribed in a central panel in Hungarian text. The issuing authority OSZTRAK MAGYAR BANK appears at the base, the whole framed by ornamental borders. |
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| Reverse 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 GENERALSEKRETAR DESET KORUN DZIESIĘĆ KORON ДЕСЯТЬ КОРОН DIECI CORONE DESET KRON DESET KRUNA ДЕСЕТ КРУНА ZECE COROANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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In late 1918, Romanian forces moved into Transylvania and the Banat following the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The new administration needed a practical solution to the currency problem immediately: Hungarian korona notes were still circulating but were politically unacceptable to leave unstamped. This note is the result — existing Austro-Hungarian banknote stock overstamped with Romanian authority markings to assert control over the monetary supply in the occupied territories.
The hybrid nature of these issues makes attribution messy. Forgeries of the overprints were in circulation almost immediately, and distinguishing genuine administrative stamps from contemporary fakes requires close attention to ink color and impression depth.