Banknotes of the Romanian leu

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1 Bankotes of the third leu (RON)
2 Banknotes of the fourth leu (RON)

[edit] Bankotes of the third leu (RON)

[edit] 1952 issue

1952 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue
		1 L	118 × 57 mm	Brown, yellow	Value	Coat of arms	1952	26 January 1952
		3 L	122 × 61 mm	Dark brown, green	Value	Coat of arms
		5 L	122 × 65 mm	Dark blue, yellow	Maid	Dam construction scene
		10 L	135 × 73 mm	Red, green	Miner	Quarry scene
		25 L	148 × 80 mm	Dark brown, violet	Tudor Vladimirescu	Harvesting scene
		100 L	168 × 90 mm	Blue	Nicolae Bălcescu	Casa Scânteii
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Source:

www.numismatica.as.ro

[edit] 1966 issue

1966 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main colour	Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue
		1 L	103 × 52 mm	Brown, yellow	Coat of arms	Value	1966	1 November 1966
		3 L	114 × 57 mm	Dark blue	Coat of arms	Value
		5 L	124 × 62 mm	Light brown	Coat of arms	Port
		10 L	131 × 65 mm	Violet	Coat of arms	Harvesting scene
		25 L	140 × 70 mm	Dark green	Tudor Vladimirescu	Factory
		50 L	145 × 72 mm	Green	Alexandru Ioan Cuza	Palace of Culture, Iaşi
		100 L	153 × 75 mm	Blue	Nicolae Bălcescu	Romanian Athenaeum
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

[edit] 1991-1992 issue

1991 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of printing
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Date of printing
		500 L	156 × 74 mm	Brown	Constantin Brâncuşi	Constantin Brâncuşi	January 1991
		500 L	156 × 74 mm	Brown	Constantin Brâncuşi	Constantin Brâncuşi	April 1991
		1000 L	167 × 76 mm	Red, green	Mihai Eminescu	Putna Monastery	September 1991
		5000 L	172 × 76 mm	Violet	Avram Iancu	Densuş Church, Dacian Draco, Gate of Alba Iulia	March 1992
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

[edit] 1992-1994 issue

1992 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of printing
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Date of printing
		200 L	155 × 76 mm	Light brown	Grigore Antipa	Danube Delta	December 1992
		500 L	160 × 76 mm	Green	Constantin Brâncuşi	Sculptures by Brâncuşi	December 1992
		1000 L	167 × 76 mm	Red, green	Mihai Eminescu	Putna Monastery	May 1993
		5000 L	172 × 76 mm	Violet	Avram Iancu	Densuş Church, Dacian Draco, Gate of Alba Iulia	May 1993
		10 000 L	180 × 76 mm	Light red	Nicolae Iorga	Şuţu Palace	February 1994
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

[edit] 1996-2000 issue

1996 Series - paper
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		1000 L	140 × 61 mm	Blue	Mihai Eminescu	Ruins of Histria, Linden tree flowers	1998	1 June 1998	17 December 2001	1 February 2002
		5000 L	145 × 64 mm	Orange	Lucian Blaga	Crucifix	1998	1 June 1998	17 June 2002	1 October 2002
		10 000 L	150 × 67 mm	Green	Nicolae Iorga, Milkweed gentian	Cathedral of Curtea de Argeş	1999	15 July 1999	16 December 2002	1 July 2003
		50 000 L	155 × 70 mm	Violet	George Enescu, Carnation	The sphinx of Bucegi Mountains	1996		16 December 2002	1 July 2003
		50 000 L	155 × 70 mm	Violet	George Enescu, Carnation	The sphinx of Bucegi Mountains	2000	6 March 2000	1 March 2004	1 January 2005
		100 000 L	160 × 73 mm	Red	Nicolae Grigorescu, Marshmallow	traditional house from Oltenia	1998	1 June 1998	1 March 2004	1 January 2005
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Source:

www.bnro.ro

[edit] 1999-2003 issue

1996 Series - polymer
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	printing	issue	withdrawal	lapse
		2000 L	143 × 63 mm	Blue, yellow, red	Solar eclipse of 1999 August 11	Map of Romania	1999	2 August 1999	1 November 2004	1 April 2005
		10 000 L	150 × 67 mm	Green	Nicolae Iorga, Milkweed gentian	Cathedral of Curtea de Argeş	2000	18 September 2000	1 January 2007	Indefinite
		50 000 L	155 × 70 mm	Violet	George Enescu, Carnation	Romanian Athenaeum	2001	14 December 2001
		100 000 L	160 × 73 mm	Orange, light red	Nicolae Grigorescu, Marshmallow	traditional house from Oltenia	2001	12 November 2001
		500 000 L	165 × 76 mm	Yellow	Aurel Vlaicu, Edelweiss	Vlaicu II airplane design	2000	23 October 2000
		1 000 000 L	168 × 78 mm	Blue	Ion Luca Caragiale, Sweet violet	National Theatre of Bucharest (old building)	2003	5 December 2003
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

A 500 lei coin and the 2000 lei note shown above wer made in order to celebrate the 1999 total solar eclipse. Whereas the 500 lei coin is currently very rare, becoming a prized collector's item, the 2000 lei note was quite popular, being taken out of circulation in 2004 (a long time after the 1000 and 5000 lei bills were replaced by coins).

[edit] Banknotes of the fourth leu (RON)

The leu notes issued on 1 July 2005 are of equal size to euro banknotes, so that machines will need less refitting in case Romania decides to join the euro zone. This decision was taken after a lot of debate, and with some opposition, the initial decision being to make them even smaller, similar to the 1966 series. The old leu notes are rather long and fairly uncomfortable to carry.

The design of the notes follows some common guidelines: the obverse shows a flower native to Romania and the portrait of a Romanian cultural personality; the reverse shows a building or a well-known monument. All banknotes are printed on plastic polymer, each in its own colour theme (light green for 1 leu, light purple for 5 lei, light pink and light orange for 10 lei, yellow for 50 lei, blue for 100 lei, dark orange for 200 lei, and light gray for 500 lei).

Each banknote also features a small transparent window, in the shape of a distinctive item characterising the activity of the pictured personality, a heraldic symbol for Nicolae Iorga, a music key for George Enescu, painting implements for Nicolae Grigorescu, an eagle for flying pioneer Aurel Vlaicu, theater masks for Ion Luca Caragiale, a pen point for Lucian Blaga and an hourglass symbolising poetry and time for Mihai Eminescu. Each banknote has a different texture, to be easily recognised in the pocket or by those with visual impairments.

2005 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Like which euro	Main Colour	Description		Date of printing
Obverse	Reverse	Value	Dimensions	Like which euro	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Date of printing
		1 L	120 × 62 mm	€5	Green	Nicolae Iorga, Milkweed gentian	Cathedral of Curtea de Argeş	1 July 2005
		5 L	127 × 67 mm	€10	Violet	George Enescu, Carnation	Romanian Athenaeum	1 July 2005
		10 L	133 × 72 mm	€20	Orange, light red	Nicolae Grigorescu, Marshmallow	Traditional house from Oltenia	1 July 2005
		50 L	140 × 77 mm	€50	Yellow	Aurel Vlaicu, Edelweiss	Vlaicu II airplane design	1 July 2005
		100 L	147 × 82 mm	€100	Blue	Ion Luca Caragiale, Sweet violet	National Theatre of Bucharest (old building)	1 July 2005
		200 L	150 × 82 mm	None	Brown, orange	Lucian Blaga, Poppy	A watermill and the Hamangia Thinker	1 December 2006
		500 L	153 × 82 mm	€200	Blue, violet	Mihai Eminescu, Tilia	University of Iaşi Library	1 July 2005
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre, a standard for world banknotes. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.