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1000 Coroane Bukovina
| Issuer | Romania (Bukovina overprint on Austro-Hungarian Bank note) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 1000 TISIC KORUN TISOC KRONUR TYSIAC KORON HILJADA KRUNA ТИСЯЧ КОРОН ХИЉАДА КРОНА MILLE CORONE UNA MIE COROANE DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN TAUSEND KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2 JÄNNER 1902 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ROMANIA TIMBRU SPECIAL GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETAR DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT 1000 1000 |
| Reverse description | The Hungarian-language reverse of the 1902 Austro-Hungarian Bank 1000 Korona note, printed in the same blue-grey intaglio palette as the obverse. The Hungarian coat of arms supported by two allegorical figures appears in the upper central vignette, above the large bold lettering 'EZER KORONA'; the serial number field and 'SZÁM' designation are positioned at centre. An oval portrait of the same Art Nouveau female figure is set to the right within an intricate guilloche frame, and the three-line signature panel below reads FOTANACSOS, KORMANYZO, and VEZERTITKAR. |
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When Romanian forces occupied Bukovina in November 1918, the region's existing Austro-Hungarian currency remained in circulation by necessity. Overprinting was the practical solution — the 1000 Kronen notes already in local hands were stamped with "BANCA GENERALĂ ROMÂNĂ" markings to assert Romanian monetary authority while the administration of a formal replacement currency was still being organized in Bucharest.
The overprint series covering Bukovina is distinct from the contemporaneous Romanian overprints applied to notes circulating in Transylvania and Banat, reflecting the separate administrative paths each occupied territory took in 1918–1919. P#R10 sits in a narrow window between military occupation and formal monetary integration.