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Five lei

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Value
  
5 Romanian lei

Height
  
67 mm

Years of printing
  
since 2005

Width
  
127 mm

Paper type
  
polymer

Five lei

Security features
  
watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, EURion constellation

The five lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 10 Euro banknote.

The main color of the banknote is purple. It pictures, on the obverse composer and violinist George Enescu, and on the reverse the Romanian Athenaeum, headquarters of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, a piano, and a line from his opera, Œdipe .

History

In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:

First leu (1867-1947)

  • banknote issue: 1877 (the hypothecary issue)
  • coin issues: 1880, 1881 (re-issues: 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885), 1901, 1906 (gold, celebration issue)
  • banknote issues: 1914 (re-issues: 1916, 1917, 1920, 1928, 1929), 1917 (issued by the Romanian General Bank and circulated in the German occupation area between 1917-1918)
  • coin issues: 1930, 1942
  • banknote issue: 1944 (issued by the Red Army Comandament and circulated in 1944)

    • Second leu (1947-1952)

  • coin issues: 1947, 1948 (re-issues: 1949, 1950)

    • Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

  • banknote issues: 1952, 1966
  • coin issues: 1978, 1992 (re-issues: 1993, 1994, 1995)

    • Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)

  • banknote issue: 2005 (redesigned issue of the former 50.000 lei banknote, whereas 50.000 third lei = 5 fourth lei)

    • References

    Five lei Wikipedia
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