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100 000 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1945-1947 |
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| Value | 100 000 Lei (100 000) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents two peasant women in traditional Romanian folk costume standing together in an open field landscape, with low hills visible in the background. The denomination 100.000 appears in large intaglio numerals at both the left and right of the central scene, framed by ornate guilloche borders and two unprinted oval medallions. The country name ROMANIA is lettered in a panel at the top centre above the guilloche frame. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Romania's postwar hyperinflation was among the most severe in European history outside the Weimar episode. By 1947, prices had escalated to the point where 100,000 Lei was a routine transactional denomination rather than a large note — the same year the Communist-backed government forced King Michael's abdication and replaced the currency entirely with the 1947 leu, wiping out savings at punishing exchange rates.
Pick 58 spans an unusually wide issue window for a single type, reflecting how rapidly the monetary situation deteriorated and how often the same plate series was reprinted to meet demand.