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10 Coroane Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | This is an Austro-Hungarian Bank 10 Kronen note of 1904 overstamped for use in Transylvania and the Banat under Romanian administration, with the text 'ROMANIA TIMBRU SPECIAL' applied in violet ink across the face. The left portion carries the central text 'ZEHN KRONEN' in large letterpress type, flanked by the bank's name and payment obligation inscriptions, with two facsimile signatures of the Generalrat and Gouverneur below. To the right, a circular vignette encloses a portrait of a young woman in three-quarter view, her hair adorned with a flower, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a guilloche underprint in violet and green tones. |
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| Reverse 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 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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In late 1918 and into 1919, Romanian authorities needed to assert fiscal control over the newly acquired territories of Transylvania and the Banat before a unified national currency could be properly introduced. The solution was a stamping operation: existing Austro-Hungarian banknotes were overprinted with a Romanian crown device to distinguish them as valid tender only within those regions, temporarily cutting them off from the collapsing krone system while Romanian administration took hold.
The "Coroane" denomination retained the old Austro-Hungarian unit by name — a pragmatic concession to a population not yet dealing in Romanian Lei.