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10 Ducats Romanian National Committee
| Issuer | Romanian National Committee (Comitetul Directoriu) |
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| Year | 1853 |
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| Size | 180 × 100 mm |
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| Obverse description | Decorative foliate branches frame the left and right margins. At the top center, the Wallachian eagle vignette holds a sword and a rifle. The body of the note carries the principal text in Cyrillic-script Romanian, stating the loan obligation and treasury redemption terms, with the place and date inscription "Бꙋкꙋpeщi 1853" below. Three manuscript signatures appear at the foot of the note beneath the authority legend of the Director's Committee. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank. |
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The Romanian National Committee — the Comitetul Directoriu — was the governing body established by Wallachian revolutionaries following the 1848 uprising, which was itself crushed within months by Ottoman and Russian intervention. That this note is dated 1853 places it well after the Committee had lost any territorial authority; it was by then an exile organization operating from abroad, and the note's issuance reflects aspirational rather than functional finance.
A paper instrument denominated in ducats — a gold-standard unit with no corresponding Wallachian bank behind it — issued by a government that no longer controlled the territory named on the note. That tension is the whole story.