According to a press release dated 27 November 2019, on 4 December 2019 the National Bank of Romania plans to introduce a 100-leu numismatic product to commemorate the anniversary of The Completion of the Great Union. The blue note measures 147 x 82 mm and is printed on polymer. It will be sold in leaflet for 150 lei.

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According to a press release dated 31 July 2019, the National Bank of Romania plans to introduce a 20-leu note in 2020 depicting Ecaterinei Teodoroiu.

Courtesy of Daniel Stoian.

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This denomination has not yet been confirmed with prefix beginning with 18.

Courtesy of Catalin Vasilache.

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Like B290a, but new date (2019).

Courtesy of Marius Rosca (Pecunia Auctions SRL) and Catalin Vasilache.

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Like B279, but with the new coat of arms and a new date.

Courtesy of Catalin Vasilache.

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According to a press release dated 29 November 2018, on 1 December the National Bank of Romania introduced a 100-leu polymer note commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Great Union. The front depicts King Ferdinand I and Queen Maria, and the Great National Assembly in Alba Iulia, on 1 December 1918. The back depicts the arrival of the royal cortege in Bucharest, on 1 December 1918, and part of the mace of King Ferdinand I, together with four women in folk costumes typical of each united Romanian province: Bessarabia, Romania, Transylvania and Bukovina. 10,000 notes will be sold with leaflet for 150 lei each.



Courtesy of Daniel Mendea, Mocanu Alexandru, Radu Andron, Hans-Ludwig Besler, Claudio Marana, Mihai Cristian Vulpe, Catalin Vasilache, Ștefan Vasiliță (www.ebancnote.ro).

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Like P119, but new date (1 ianuarie 2018) and new coat of arms.

Courtesy of (http://ebancnote.ro).

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Like P120, but new date and new coat of arms.

Courtesy of Marius Rosca (Pecunia Auctions/www.ebancnote.ro).

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On 8 June 2016, the Romanian parliament adopted a draft law which restores the crown on the head of the gold eagle in the country’s coat of arms. Pursuant to the provisions of Articles 14 and 17 of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania and of Law No. 146/2016 amending Law No. 102/1992 on the country’s coat of arms and seal, existing banknotes will continue to circulate in parallel with new notes and coins until 31 December 2018. Beginning 1 January 2018, Banca Nationala a Romaniei began issuing revised notes like the preceding issues, but with the new coat of arms and a new date.



Courtesy of Alex Zlotin, Mihai Vulpe, and Daniel Mendea.

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Like P118, but new date (2017).

Courtesy of Krassy Dimitrov.

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Like P121, but new date (2017).

Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Gligor Adrian Borza.

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Like P120, but new date (2017).

Courtesy of Mihai Cristian Vulpe and Marius Rosca.

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Like P117, but new date (2017).

Courtesy of Marius Rosca.

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Like P122, but new date (2016).

Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.

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Like P121, but new date (2016).

Courtesy of Costing Iorgu (http://www.banknotesworldshop.com), Marian Alionte, and Daniel Mendea.

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Like P120, but new date (20)16.

Courtesy of Alexandru Mocanu.

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Like B278i, but new date (20)15.

Courtesy of Alexandru Mocanu.

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Like P122, but new date (20)13.

Courtesy of Daniel Mendea (www.dani2collection.blogspot.com).

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Like P121, but new date (20)15.

Courtesy of Daniel Mendea (www.dani2collection.blogspot.com).

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Like P120, but new date (20)09.

Courtesy of Daniel Mendea (www.dani2collection.blogspot.com).

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Like B284e, but new date (2014).

Courtesy of Thomas Krause (www.polymernotes.de).

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Like B284f, but new date (2015).

Courtesy of Alex Zlotin.

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Like B279e, but new date (2013).

Courtesy of Mihai Cristian Vulpe.

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Like B281e, but new date (2013).

Courtesy of Thomas Krause.

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Like B278h, but new date (2014).

Courtesy of Claudio Marana.

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Like B279f, but new date (2014).

Courtesy of Claudio Marana.

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Like B278g, but new date (2013).

Courtesy of Daniel Mendea.

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Like B281d, but new date.

Courtesy of Daniel Mendea.

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Like B281c, but new date (20)11.

Courtesy of Christoph Thomas.

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Like B278f, but new date (2012).

Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Just World Banknotes.

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On 26 November 2011, gandul.info posted the above photo. Apparently the Banca Naţională a României created 500 banknote-like numismatic products to commemorate the bank’s 130th anniversary. If you examine the images below, you’ll see these are not banknotes. They aren’t denominated in Romanian leu, and the “serial numbers” on back simply indicate the 130 A (ani = year) span between 1881 and 2011.



Courtesy of Alex Klark and Thomas Krause.

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Like P121, but new date: 1 ianuarie 2018 / (20)18; and new coat of arms with crowned eagle.

Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Marius Rosca (Pecunia Auctions/www.ebancnote.ro).

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Like B279d, but new date (20)11.

Courtesy of Daniel Mendea.

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Like B278e), but new date (20)11.

Courtesy of Thomas Krause and Daniel Mendea.

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200 lei (US$65), (20)09. Like P122, but new date. Last two digits of year of issue as first two digits of serial number. Signature remains the same.

Courtesy of Ricardo Castedo.

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2005-dated note (B280)


2008-dated note (B281)

This note was originally reported as a new date variety only, but it has recently been determined that there are sufficient changes to this note to qualify it as a new type.

10 lei (US$3.50), 1 decembrie 2008. Like B280, but new date, paint brushes replace 10 on see-through window, new colors for various text elements and bank logo, and two-tone numerals 10 now monochrome. Polymer.

Courtesy of Thomas Krause and Andrew Quirke.

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Pick 122: 200 lei, 1 decembrie 2006. Orange. Lucian Blaga (1895-1961) as portrait and wmk, poppies, open book with page from poems Self-portrait and 9 May 1895, coat of arms, NBR logo, signatures (Mugur Isarescu, Governor; unknown, Head Cashier), transparent window with pen and 200 embossed, denomination in gold-to-green OVI, registration device, security thread, and microperforations. Neolithic statue of the Thinker of Hamangia, rainbow, water mill with NBR latent image, sessile oak, NBR logo, vertical serial number in black, horizontal novel serial number in red, and iridescent stripe on back. Polymer. 150 x 82 mm.

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Like P122, but new date (1 ianuarie 2018) and new coat of arms.

Courtesy of Olexandr Danishenko, Don Ludwig and Stane Štraus (www.polymernotes.org).

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The Romania chapter of The Banknote Book is now available for individual sale and as a free download to subscribers.

This 65-page catalog covers notes issued by the Ministerul de Finanțe (Ministry of Finance) from 1877 to 1952, the Banca Nationala a Romaniei (National Bank of Romania) from 1880 to present, the Banca Generalâ Romȃnă (Romanian General Bank) in 1917, the Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Bank (Austro-Hungarian Bank) in 1919, and the Comandamentul Armatei Rosii (Red Army Command) in 1944. Published 04.01.2019.

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• Signature tables, often with names and terms of service
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• Bibliographic sources listed for further research

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