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The Smallest Banknote In The World

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 Posted 07/06/2013  10:36 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add March to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
From my collection : Romania - 10 Bani


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The Smallest Banknote in the World .

Guinness Worlds Records 2008 put this Romania 10 bani issued by Romania Ministry of Finance in 1917 as the worlds smallest national banknote .
Romania 10 bani banknote printed area measures 27.5 mm x 38 mm. The banknote color is green and you can see the year issued with the word Romania.
The note shows King Ferdinand (1914-1927)who succeeded his uncle on the latter's death (Carol I of Romania died without surviving issue) as King of Romania on 10 October 1914, reigning until his own death on 20 July 1927.

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 Posted 07/06/2013  3:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add noahs-numismatics to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW! The engraver must have had pretty good eyesight! Or a magnifying glass.

Thanks for sharing!
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 Posted 07/06/2013  5:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add StJoeBlues to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So it's the size of a large postage stamp? That's pretty cool.
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 Posted 07/06/2013  6:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ark to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Darn, I was close. I've got a notgeld issue thats 45mmx34mm
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 Posted 07/06/2013  7:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add lettow to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Notgeld would not be a "national banknote".

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 Posted 08/09/2013  10:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ashb123 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Isn't there a morrocan 50 cent WW2 note which is smaller?
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 Posted 08/30/2013  10:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add March to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Smallest paper money: Romanian 10-bani note sets world record

BUCHAREST, Romania-- The 10-bani note of the Ministry of Finance of Romania issued in 1917 (emergency WW I issue) measured (printed area) 27.5 x 38 mm (1.08 x 1.49 in) , setting the world record for the Smallest paper money, according to World Record Academy (www.worldrecordacademy.com)


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Morocco - 50c issued in 1944 - printed area 41 x 32 mm

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 Posted 09/20/2013  10:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ashb123 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
oh thanks, I thought the morrocan one was the smallest
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