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100 lei Fondul Social
| Issuer | Cooperativa de Consum (Romanian Consumer Cooperative) |
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| Year | 1952-1965 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | COOPERATIVA DE CONSUM LEI 100 LEI PARTICIPAȚIE LA CONSTITUIREA FONDULUI SOCIAL VALOARE NOMINALĂ UNA SUTĂ LEI |
| Reverse description | Plain yellow field with green guilloche borders at top and bottom, the upper border featuring a repeating geometric zigzag pattern. Text is arranged in ruled lines for handwritten completion of member details, with a small ornamental guilloche vignette at centre. Spaces are provided for the cooperative name, member card number, issue date, and signatures of the President and Chief Accountant. |
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Romanian consumer cooperatives issued their own internal scrip throughout the communist period, functioning as a parallel exchange medium within the cooperative retail network rather than as state legal tender. These "Fondul Social" notes — Social Fund notes — were tied to cooperative membership contributions and could be redeemed against goods or services within the system, effectively binding workers to cooperative commerce rather than open-market spending.
The thirteen-year span of this issue without design change reflects the rigid standardization imposed on cooperative institutions under Gheorghiu-Dej's administration. Attribution of exact print runs remains difficult; Romanian cooperative scrip was poorly documented compared to National Bank emissions, and survival rates are low partly because members had strong incentive to spend rather than hold them.