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National Bank of Romania: Design date: 2005: ... 2005 (redesigned issue of the former 10.000 lei banknote, whereas 10.000 third lei = 1 fourth leu) Obverse Reverse
After Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007, the country became required to replace the leu with the euro once it meets all four euro convergence criteria, as stated in article 140 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. [1] As of 2025, the only currency on the market is the leu and the euro is not yet used.
1 December 2006 Coat of arms of Romania (2016–present) 2018–present 1 January 2018 500 L: 153 × 82 mm: €200 (1st series) Blue and violet Coat of arms of Romania (1992–2016) Mihai Eminescu, Tilia: Central University Library of Iași: 2005–2017 1 July 2005 Coat of arms of Romania (2016–present) 2018–present 1 January 2018 These ...
The exchange rate was pegged at 167.20 lei to US$1 on 7 February 1929, US$1 = 135.95 lei on 5 November 1936, US$1 = 204.29 lei on 18 May 1940, and US$1 = 187.48 lei on 31 March 1941. During Romania's World War II alliance with Nazi Germany, the leu was pegged to the reichsmark at a rate of 49.50 lei to RM 1, falling to 59.5 lei = RM 1 in April ...
Both sides of an 1885 one leu coin bearing the portrait of King Carol I of Romania on the obverse. In 1884, due to the creation of the Kingdom of Romania in 1881, the script around Carol I read CAROL I REGE AL ROMANIEI (Carol I King of Romania). The name of the country was removed from the top of the reverse, and all coins bore the 'B' mintmark ...
On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu (ROL) to a new leu (RON). 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL. Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007 and initially hoped to adopt the euro in 2014, [79] but with the deepening of the Euro crisis and with its own problems, such as a low workforce ...
In 1867, copper 1, 2, 5 and 10 bani were issued, with gold 20 lei (known as poli after the French Napoleons) first minted the next year. These were followed, between 1870 and 1873, by silver 50 bani, 1 and 2 lei. Silver 5 lei were added in 1880. Uniquely, the 1867 issue used the spelling 1 banu rather than 1 ban.
The one hundred thousand lei was the largest-denomination coin ever issued in Romania. It was minted only in 1946, to mark the end of World War II the previous year. 100.000 lei coin from 1946. It was made of 70% silver and 30% copper.