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20 Coroane Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 20 ROMANIA TIMBRU SPECIAL AZ OSZTRAK MAGYAR BANK E BANKJEGYERT BARKI KIVANSAGARA AZONNAL FIZET BECSI BUDAPESTI FOINTEZETEINEL HUSZ KORONA TORVENYES ERCZPENZT BECS 1913 JANUAR 2AN OSZTRAK MAGYAR BANK FOTANACSOS KORMANYZO VEZERTITKAR A BANKJEGYEK UTANZASA A TORVENY SZERINT BUNTETTIK |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 20 DIE OESTERREICHISCH:UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HRUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN ZWANZIG KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2 JANNER 1913 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETAR DVACET KORUN DWADZIESCIA KORUN ДВАИЦЯТЪ КОРОН VENTI CORONE DVAJSET KRON DVADESET KRUNA ДВАДЕСЕТ КРУНА DOUAZECI COROANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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After Romanian forces occupied Transylvania and the Banat following the collapse of Austria-Hungary, the new administration faced an immediate practical problem: the circulating Austro-Hungarian crown notes had to be brought under Romanian control without a fully established replacement currency. The solution was crude and fast — existing Austro-Hungarian banknotes were overstamped with a Romanian authority stamp, effectively conscripting enemy paper into local use. These overstamped crowns circulated alongside Romanian lei in a monetary zone that was, for several years, genuinely chaotic.
The P#R15 designation signals its provisional status — it falls outside the main Pick sequence, classified separately as a regional emergency issue rather than a nationally issued Romanian banknote.