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2 Lei BGR - German Occupation
| Issuer | Banca Generala Romana (Romanian General Bank) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Red-pink guilloche underprint with ornamental scrollwork framing the entire note. Two female portrait vignettes appear in oval frames at upper left and upper right corners, with large numeral "2" in LEI cartouches at lower left and lower right. Central text block carries the note's authorising legend in Romanian, with the issuer's name "Banca Generala Romana, Sectie de emisie" in bold script, surmounted by the large denomination inscription "DOI LEI" at top centre. Two manuscript signatures appear below the central text. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOI LEI Emise pe baza unui privilegiu special si acoperite printr-un deposit in numerar la Banca Imperiului German, Berlin Banca Generala Romana Sectia de emisie 2 LEI 2 LEI (Translation: TWO LEI 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: 2 LEI 2 LEI) |
| Reverse description | Uniform deep red-pink print on plain paper, with an elaborate central guilloche medallion surrounding the large bold numeral "2" and the denomination inscription "DOI LEI" below it. The bank title "BANCA GENERALA ROMANA" arches across the top in large serif capitals. Numeral "2" appears in plain circles at lower left and lower right. A rectangular text panel at the bottom centre carries the anti-counterfeiting warning in Romanian. |
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