Catalog
100 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI 100 100 UNA SUTA LEI 25 IUNIE 1947 GUVERNATOR CASIER CENTRAL FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE, ACEI CARI VOR FI INTREBUINTAT BILETE FALSE, COMPLICII LOR PRECUM SI ACEI CARI VOR FI INCERCAT A COMITE ASEMENEA FAPTE, VOR FI PEDEPSITI CONFORM LEGILOR PENALE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an elaborate symmetrical guilloche underprint in brown tones, with a central circular medallion bearing the monogram of the issuing bank. Denomination numerals "100" appear in ornate cartouches at the left and right, while a bold ribbon banner across the centre carries the inscription "ROMANIA". The lower portion displays fine repeating microtext lettering reading "BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI" and "UNA SUTA LEI" in two horizontal bands. |
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This issue belongs to the turbulent final chapter of Romanian monarchical banking. The Communist-backed Groza government had been in power since March 1945, but the National Bank still operated nominally under its pre-war charter. The 1947 series was issued just months before King Michael was forced to abdicate on 30 December 1947 and the Romanian People's Republic was proclaimed — making notes of this type among the last issued under the old institutional framework.
A currency reform followed in August 1947, with devastating conversion ratios that wiped out savings held in older denominations. Notes from this series circulated in that collapsing environment.