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25 Bani Ministry of Finance
| Issuer | Ministerul Finanțelor (Ministry of Finance) Romania |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Size | 51 × 39 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central coat of arms of Romania with two rampant lions as supporters, surmounted by a royal crown, above a ribbon bearing the motto 'NIHIL SINE DEO'. The denomination 'BANI DOUAZECI SI CINCI' appears in bold lettering within a top panel. Below the arms, an oval cartouche contains the anti-counterfeiting penal warning text; the monogram 'MF' appears in each lower corner, and the printer's imprint 'SERVICIUL GEOGRAFIC AL ARMATEI' is inscribed at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANI DOUAZECI SI CINCI NIHIL SINE DEO MF MF FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE, ACEI CARI LE VOR FI INTREBUINTAT SAU CARI LE VOR FI INTRODUS IN TARA SAU LE VOR FI PUS IN CIRCULATIE SE VOR PEDEPSI CU INCHISOARE DE LA 5 PANA LA 10 ANI CU INTERDICTIE SI AMENDA CONF art. 117 CP SERVICIUL GEOGRAFIC AL ARMATEI |
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Romania's monetary system was in near-collapse by 1917. The National Bank's printing capacity was overwhelmed, German forces occupied Bucharest, and the government had retreated to Iași — which is why the Ministry of Finance, rather than the National Bank, issued these emergency fractional notes. The Army Geographic Service was one of the few functioning state printing facilities still available in unoccupied territory.
At roughly the size of a large postage stamp, this was wartime improvisation made official. Designer Horațiu Sava Dumitru worked within severe material constraints, and the notes were printed on whatever paper stock the Army Geographic Service could source.