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1 Leu BGR - German Occupation
| Issuer | Banca Generală Română (Romanian General Bank) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | First leu (1867-1947) |
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| Obverse lettering | UN LEU Emise pe baza unui privilegiu special si acoperite printr-un deposit in numerar la Banca Imperiului German, Berlin Banca Generala Romana Sectia de emisie 1 LEU 1 1 LEU (Translation: ONE LEU Issued on the basis of a special privilege and covered through a cash deposit at the Bank of the German Empire, Berlin Romanian General Bank Department of issue: 1 LEU 1 LEU) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCA GENERALA ROMANA UN 1 UN 1 1 UN LEU UN 1 LEU UN 1 LEU Falsificatorii acestor bilete si cari vor fi intrebuintat bilete false, sau le vor fi introdus in tara, se vor pedepsi. (Translation: ROMANIAN GENERAL BANK 1 LEU The forgers of these notes and who will use forged notes, or will have brought them into the country, will be punished 1 LEU 1 LEU) |
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The Banca Generală Română was not a Romanian institution in any meaningful sense — it was a German-controlled occupation bank established after Bucharest fell to the Central Powers in December 1916. Its notes, including this 1 Leu, were issued to fund German military expenditure in occupied Wallachia and Moldavia, effectively extracting resources from the local economy through printed money rather than direct requisition.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" date in catalog records almost certainly reflects a later administrative entry or reclassification, not an actual press date — the series was issued during the occupation period of 1917–1918.