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100 Lei RPR watermark
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 100 Lei |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI 100 100 UNA SUTA LEI 5 DECEMVRIE 1947 GUVERNATOR CASIER CENTRAL FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE, ACEI CARI VOR FI INTREBUINTAT BILETE FALSE, COMPLICII LOR PRECUM SI ACEI CARI VOR FI INCERCAT A COMITE ASEMENEA FAPTE, VOR FI PEDEPSITI CONFORM LEGILOR PENALE (Translation: National Bank of Romania One Hundred Lei December 5th, 1947 Governor Central Cashier Forgers of these tickets, those who will have used fake tickets, their accomplices as well as those who will attempt to commit similar facts, will be punished in accordance with criminal laws.) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Romania's postwar monetary situation was dire well before this note entered circulation. The catastrophic hyperinflation of 1945–1947 had gutted the leu — by the time the communist-backed government moved to stabilize currency in August 1947, the exchange rate for the old leu had collapsed so completely that the subsequent redenomination wiped out private savings almost entirely. This note belongs to that brief, chaotic window between liberation-era monetary disorder and the hard reset of the 1947 reform.
The "RPR" designation — Republica Populară Română — dates the watermark variety to the final weeks before or the immediate aftermath of the December 1947 proclamation abolishing the monarchy.