Watch List notes:

Romania, Carol I, Complete Specimen Set State notes 1877, Printers: Bank of France workshops, Paris, Specimen serial no# 000000, 5 lei 1877, P#1s, 10 lei 1877, P#2s, 20 lei 1877, P#3s, 50 lei 1877, P#4s, 100 lei 1877, P#5s, 500 lei 1877, P#6s, Extra fine to Uncirculated! Exceedingly rare as a complete set and this quality! The State notes were issued by the Romanian Ministry of Finance to sponsor Romania's war effort in the war between the Ottoman Empire / Turkey and the Tsarist Empire / Russia in 1877/1878, after which Romania gained its independence.

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