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24 Lei
| Issuer | Institutul de Finanțare Externă (INFINEX) |
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| Year | 1941-1944 |
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| Reference(s) | P#M3 |
| Obverse description | Brown-toned note with dense guilloche underprint covering the entire field, bordered by a zigzag frame and corner rosette ornaments. The large numeral '24' is set within a central circular guilloche vignette, with the denomination legend 'DOUAZECI SI PATRU LEI' arched across the upper portion in bold letterpress. At lower left, a circular stamp-style device reads 'BON DE CREDIT INFINEX', while the lower margin carries the issuing authority inscription referencing the establishment of the external financing institute. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOUAZECI SI PATRU LEI 24 BON DE CREDIT EMIS PE BAZA DISPOZIȚIUNILOR ASUPRA INFIINȚĂRII INSTITUTULUI DE FINANȚARE EXTERNĂ DIRECTA CENTRALA INFINEX DIRECȚIUNEA GENERALA INFINEX |
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INFINEX — Institutul de Finanțare Externă — was a Romanian state institution created specifically to handle financial transactions with Nazi Germany during the wartime alliance. The 24 Lei denomination is a direct artifact of that arrangement: the unusual face value reflects the official exchange rate applied to the German Reichsmark, set administratively rather than by any market mechanism. These were effectively occupation-accounting instruments, not general circulation currency.
The M-prefix in the Pick catalog signals military or para-military issuance. Surviving examples are scarcer than their wartime volume might suggest — many were deliberately withdrawn and destroyed after 1944 when Romania switched sides and the political liability of such notes became obvious.