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1000 Lei BGR - German Occupation
| Issuer | Banca Generala Romana (Romanian General Bank) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M8 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on white paper and shares the same elaborate guilloche border pattern as the obverse. The issuer name 'BANCA GENERALA ROMANA' appears in large bold letters across the upper centre, flanked by two oval vignettes each containing a classical female portrait in profile. The denomination '1000' is set in large numerals at the centre bottom, with the anti-counterfeiting warning legend repeated in two flanking panels and 'UNA MIE LEI' inscribed along the bottom edge. |
| Reverse lettering | UNA MIIE LEI UNA MIIE LEI BANCA GENERALA ROMANA Falsificatorii acestor bilete si cari vor fi intrebuintat bilete false, sau le vor fi introdus in tara, se vor pedepsi. Falsificatorii acestor bilete si cari vor fi intrebuintat bilete false, sau le vor fi introdus in tara, se vor pedepsi. 1000 UNA MIIE LEI (Translation: ONE THOUSAND LEI ONE THOUSAND LEI ROMANIAN GENERAL BANK The forgers of these notes and who will use forged notes, or will have brought them into the country, will be punished The forgers of these notes and who will use forged notes, or will have brought them into the country, will be punished 1000 ONE THOUSAND LEI) |
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Banca Generala Romana was established by German occupying authorities in Bucharest in December 1916, following the fall of the capital to the Central Powers. It functioned not as a sovereign central bank but as an instrument of economic extraction — issuing currency to finance German and Austro-Hungarian military expenditure while the legitimate Banca Nationala a Romaniei had evacuated its reserves to Iași and later to Moscow.
The "printed" date of 30 April 1917 in the Pick catalog refers to the issue authorization date, a common source of confusion with this series. Notes circulated under occupation conditions and were demonetized after Romania's postwar territorial consolidation.