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20 Coroane Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat
| Issuer | Romania (overprint authority on Austro-Hungarian Bank notes) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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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 II KIADAS |
| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces the standard Austro-Hungarian Bank 20 Kronen design of 1913, printed in dark blue. To the left, a female portrait vignette in intaglio is enclosed within an ornate guilloche frame, with the cautionary text against counterfeiting below. The right portion carries the German-language denomination 'ZWANZIG KRONEN' in large letterpress type, surmounted by the bank's full title and the Vienna date, with the denomination repeated in eight languages across the lower register and two facsimile signatures of the Generalrat and Gouverneur. |
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In late 1918 and into 1919, Romanian authorities moved to control the money supply in newly acquired territories by overprinting existing Austro-Hungarian Bank notes rather than issuing fresh currency. The overprint on this 20 Coroane note explicitly names both Transilvania and the Banat, reflecting the administrative reality on the ground — the two regions had different annexation timelines and were governed under separate provisional arrangements before full integration.
The Banat was contested territory. Romania and Yugoslavia both claimed it following the armistice, and the overprint's dual regional naming carries that unresolved political tension. A definitive partition wasn't settled until the Treaty of Trianon in 1920.