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50 Lei Ministry of Finance
| Issuer | Ministerul Finanțelor (Ministry of Finance), Romania |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King Ferdinand I at centre, flanked by the crowned supported arms of Romania. The MF monogram of the Ministerul Finanțelor appears at left and right within ornate guilloche panels. |
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| Obverse lettering | LEI 50 ROMANIA LEI 50 MINISTERUL FINANTELOR MF DIRECTORUL CONTABILITATII GENERALE A STATULUI MF NIHIL SINE DEO DOUA SUTE LEI DOUA SUTE LEI |
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Romania's postwar finances were in serious disorder by 1920, and the Ministry of Finance — rather than the National Bank — stepped in as direct issuer for several small and mid-denomination notes during this period. The arrangement was unusual and reflected how strained institutional authority had become following the occupation, the territorial expansions of 1918, and the challenge of integrating multiple former currency zones into a single monetary system.
The American Bank Note Company contract was part of a broader Romanian push to source secure printing abroad while domestic capacity remained inadequate. ABNC had already handled Romanian work before the war, so the relationship was established rather than improvised.