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50 Coroane Transilvania (Siebenbürgen) and Banat
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Austro-Hungarian Krone (1919) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central oval vignette containing a three-quarter portrait of a young woman with short, wavy hair set against a fine guilloche underprint in blue-violet tones. Denomination numerals '50' appear at upper left and upper right corners, with the value 'ÖTVEN KORONA' printed in large letterpress text to the right alongside the serial number and series number. A circular Romanian fiscal overprint stamp ('TIMBRU SPECIAL') is applied in green ink at lower right, validating the note for use in the territories of Transilvania and Banat. |
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| Reverse lettering | FÜNFZIG KRONEN 50 DIE OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK ZAHLT GEGEN DIESE BANKNOTE BEI IHREN HAUPTANSTALTEN IN WIEN UND BUDAPEST SOFORT AUF VERLANGEN FÜNFZIG KRONEN IN GESETZLICHEM METALLGELDE WIEN 2. JÄNNER 1914 OESTERREICHISCH-UNGARISCHE BANK GENERALRAT GOUVERNEUR GENERALSEKRETÄR PADESAT KORUN PIECDZIESIAT KORON PETDESET KRON PEDESET KRUNA ПЯТЪДЕСЯТЪ КОРОН CINQUANTA CORONE ПЕДЕСЕТ КРУНА CINCIZECI COROANE DIE NACHMACHUNG DER BANKNOTEN WIRD GESETZLICH BESTRAFT |
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This note belongs to a brief and administratively chaotic episode: the Romanian provisional overprint issues of 1919, applied to existing Austro-Hungarian banknotes to make them legal tender in territories — Transylvania and the Banat — absorbed after the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The overprint was a stopgap while Bucharest worked toward full monetary integration, which was formalized through the 1920 currency conversion.
The Banat presents its own complication: the region was partitioned between Romania, Yugoslavia, and a tiny sliver going to Hungary under the Treaty of Trianon, meaning this note's geographic scope was politically unsettled at the very moment of issue.