First Issues: Europe28 September 2018 Romania, 1991 Chip-type cards were introduced in Romania as early as 1991, and the first of these, with a circulation of only 1,000 copies, was used during a field trial in Bucharest. The first large series of ordinary series appeared, however, only in 1993. TAGS: en-chipen-europeen-first You can view also…Russia, 1991Vietnam, 1991South Africa, 1993Dominica, 1989Thailand, 1991Estonia, 1993