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The old ROL currency banknotes remained in circulation until 31 December 2006 (coins remained in circulation only until 31 December 2005), but all accounts were converted starting 1 July 2005. There is no conversion time limit between the currencies. Retailers had to display prices in both old and new currency from 1 March 2005 until 30 June 2006.
The old leu notes were 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.
The earliest documented currency in the Romanian territory was an 8-gram silver drachma, issued by the Greek polis (πολις, city) Histria (in the region that is now the Dobruja) in the year 480 BC. It was followed by other coins issued by other Greek poleis in Dobruja.
The Old Palace of the Romanian National Bank, the inscriptions "10 ANI", "DENOMINAREA MONEDEI NATIONALE" and "2005" the year of the denomination. 2015 1 July 2015
Knife money – Zhou dynasty; Ant nose coin – Chu (state) Ying Yuan – Chu (state) Sycee – Qin dynasty; Ban Liang – Qin dynasty; Spade money – Zhou dynasty, Xin dynasty; Jiaozi (currency) – Song dynasty; Guanzi (currency) – Song dynasty; Huizi (currency) – Southern Song dynasty; Cash – China; Customs gold unit – China
On 1 July 2005, Romania redenominated its currency at the rate of 10,000 old lei to 1 new leu. The new fifty-bani coin thus replaced the old 5,000 lei coin which had been the largest denomination. Early versions of the coin from 2005 are 0.15mm narrower in diameter, at 23.6mm. [9] The coin was sold to large shops in rolls of fifty coins. [10]
The banknote was designed by the Romanian artist Nicolae Săftoiu , who is credited with all Romanian banknote designs from the 1989 Revolution until his death in 2017. [2] In observance of the coming millennium, the obverse of the note displays a rendering of the Solar System viewed from afar, showing all of the planets revolving around the Sun.
The fifty-lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu.It is the same size as the 50 Euro banknote.. The main color of the banknote is yellow. It pictures, on the obverse, pilot and engineer Aurel Vlaicu, and on the reverse the A Vlaicu Nr.