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10 Ducats Romanian National Committee
| Issuer | Romanian National Committee (Comitetul Directoriu) |
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| Year | 1853 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | No ------ A ------ ÎМПРꙊМꙊТꙊLꙊ alꙋ ПРІNЦІПАТꙊlꙊІ ЦЪРІІ РОМЪNEЩІ 10 Deчe Dukati 10 Se вoр пlъti înfъцшetoрꙋlꙋ, пe Бiletꙋl aчesta de kъtpe Bistiepie Deчe galБeni Aꙋstpiaчi saꙋ lei la kꙋpsꙋl Bistiepiei. Бꙋkꙋpeщi 1853 KOMITETꙊLꙊ DIPEKTOPIꙊ (Translation: TO THE LOAN of UNITED ROMANIAN PRINCIPALITIES 10 Ten Ducats 10 Ten Austrian gold coins or lei at the treasury rate will be paid to the bearer on this ticket by the treasury. Bucharest 1853 DIRECTOR'S COMMITTEE) |
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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.