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100 000 Lei

Issuer Banca Națională a României
Year 1947
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Obverse description Central vignette of a male portrait bust set within a circular guilloche frame, flanked on either side by the denomination numerals 100.000 against a fine multicolour underprint. GOVERNATOR and CASIER CENTRAL titles appear above the respective manuscript signature areas, with the large intaglio legend UNA SUTA MII LEI across the lower portion. The bank title BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI runs along the top, and a warning inscription against counterfeiting is printed in small text at the lower centre, with the engraver's name Ș. ZAINEA at lower right.
Obverse lettering BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI GUVERNATOR CASIER CENTRAL UNA SUTA MII LEI FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE, ACEI CARE VOR FI INTREBUINTAT BILETE FALSE, COMPLICII LOR, PRECUM SI ACEI CARI VOR FI INCERCAT A COMITE ASEMENEA FAPTE VOR FI PEDEPSITI CONFORM LEGILOR PENALE Ș. ZAINEA
(Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF ROMANIA GOVERNOR CENTRAL CASHIER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND LEI THE COUNTERFEITERS OF THESE TICKETS, THOSE WHO WILL HAVE USED FALSE TICKETS, THEIR ACCOMPLICES, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WILL TRY TO COMMIT SUCH DEEDS WILL BE PUNISHED UNDER CRIMINAL LAWS Ș. ZAINEA)
Reverse description Two male farmers in traditional dress stand at left, one holding a spade, rendered in an engraved pastoral vignette; the Royal Arms of Romania, surmounted by a crown and flanked by laurel branches, occupies the centre; at right, two women in folk costume, one holding an infant, complete the composition. The country name ROMANIA arches above the arms, and the denomination 100000 appears in an ornate panel at the lower centre, all within a fine lathe-work border.
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