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1 Leu
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Leu |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI UN LEU GUVERNATOR DIRECTOR CASIER COSTIN P. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 LEU 1 LEU NIHIL SINE DEO 17 IULIE 1920 FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE, ACEI CARI LE VOR FI INTRE- BUINTAT SAU CARI LE VOR FI INTRODUS IN TARA SAU LE VOR FI PUS IN CIRCULATIUNE, SE VOR PEDEPSI CU INCHISOARE DE LA 5 PANA LA 10 ANI, CU INTERDICTIUNE SI AMENDA CONF. ART. 117 C. P. COSTIN-P. |
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This note was issued in the immediate aftermath of Romania's territorial expansion following WWI — the country had nearly doubled in size by 1920, absorbing Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina, and the monetary system was under severe strain trying to absorb the different currencies circulating in those regions. Small-denomination notes like this one temporarily replaced coins, which had all but vanished from circulation due to metal hoarding during the war years.
Costin Petrescu was primarily a muralist and painter, best known for the monumental interior work at Ateneul Român. His involvement in banknote design was unusual for someone of his profile.