Two hundred lei
Banknote
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The two hundred lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu.[1]
| Country | Romania |
|---|---|
| Value | 200 Romanian leu |
| Width | 150 mm |
| Height | 82 mm |
| Security features | watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation |
| Material used | polymer |
| Years of printing | since 2006 |
| Obverse | |
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| Design | Lucian Blaga, poppy, a poem of Blaga in a book |
| Designer | National Bank of Romania |
| Design date | 2006 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design | A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia |
| Designer | National Bank of Romania |
| Design date | 2006 |
The main color of the banknote is orange. It pictures, on the obverse a poet, Lucian Blaga, and on the reverse a watermill and a figurine known in Romania as the Thinker of Hamangia (Romanian: Gânditorul de la Hamangia).
History
In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:
First leu (1867–1947)[2]
- coin issues: 1942, 1945
| Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of | ||||||
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| Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | first minting | withdrawal | lapse | ||
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200 lei | 24 mm | 6 g | silver 0.835 | "MIHAI I REGELE ROMANILOR" ("Michael I of Romania King of Romania"), effigy of the King | 1942 | ||||
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200 lei | 27 mm | 7.5 g | brass | wreath, crown on top, denomination in the middle | 1945 | ||||
| These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. | ||||||||||
Second leu (1947–1952)
- no issues
Third leu - ROL (1952–2005)
- banknote issue: 1992
| 1992 Series | ||||||||
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| Image | Value | Dimensions | Main Colour | Description | Date of | |||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | printing | withdrawal | |||
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200 L | 155 × 76 mm | Light brown | Grigore Antipa | Danube Delta | December 1992 | April 1999 |
| These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre (18 pixel per inch). For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | ||||||||
Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)
- banknote issue: 2006
| 2005 Series | ||||||||||
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| Image | Value | Dimensions | Printing Technique | Main Colour | Description | Date of | ||||
| Obverse | Reverse | Obverse | Reverse | Printing | Issue | |||||
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200 L | 150 × 82 mm | Intaglio | Brown, orange | Lucian Blaga, poppies | A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia | 2006–present | 1 December 2006 | |
| These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre (18 pixel per inch). For table standards, see the banknote specification table. | ||||||||||
