Catalog
6 Lei
| Issuer | Institutul de Finanțare Externă (INFINEX) |
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| Year | 1941-1944 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress print on white paper with a geometric guilloche border running along all four edges. The large numeral '6' appears at left and right, flanking the central denomination text 'SASE LEI' above a fine guilloche rosette. A small heraldic vignette with the INFINEX emblem is printed at lower left, with the issuing authority inscription running along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 6 SASE 6 LEI EMIS PE BAZA DISPOZIȚIILOR LEGALE ASUPRA INFIINȚĂRII INSTITUTULUI DE FINANȚARE EXTERNĂ DIRECȚIUNEA GENERALĂ A INFINEX BON DE CREDIT INFINEX (Translation: Six Lei, Issued on the basis of the provisions on the establishment of the external financing institute) |
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INFINEX — Institutul de Finanțare Externă — was a Romanian state body established to manage financial obligations arising from Romania's wartime participation alongside the Axis. These military payment certificates, issued in Lei denominations, were designed for use by Romanian and allied troops operating in occupied territories, functioning as a parallel currency distinct from the Banca Națională's civilian issue. The 6 Lei denomination is notably odd — fractional military scrip values like this typically appear when existing coinage has been withdrawn or is physically impractical in field conditions.
The P#M2 series is sparsely documented, and surviving specimens are uncommon.