The lek is the official currency of Albania. It was formerly divided into 100 qintars, but qintar coins are no longer issued.
The lev is the currency of Bulgaria. In old Bulgarian the word "lev" meant "lion", the word 'lion' in the modern language is lаv. The lev is divided in 100 stotinki. Stotinka in Bulgarian means "a hundredth" and in fact is a translation of the French term "centime". Grammatically the word "stotinka" comes from the word "sto" (сто) - a hundred.
The leu is the currency of Moldova. Like the Romanian leu, the Moldovan leu is subdivided into 100 bani. The name of the currency originates from a Romanian word which means "lion".
The Romanian leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani, a word that means "money" in Romanian.
The lira (; plural lire; Italian: [ˈliːre] was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. It was first introduced by the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1807 at par with the French franc, and was subsequently adopted by the different states that would eventually form the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. It was subdivided into 100 centesimi, which means "hundredths" or "cents". The lira was also the currency of the Albanian Kingdom from 1941-1943.
The National Theatre Bucharest is one of the national theatres of Romania, located in the capital city of Bucharest.
Since 1867 there have been four successive currencies in Romania known as the leu. This article details the banknotes denominated in the leu and its subdivision the ban since 1917, with images.
The ten lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 20 Euro banknote.
The current one leu banknote is the smallest circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 5 Euro banknote.
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 fifty-lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 50 Euro banknote.
The two hundred lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu.
The five hundred lei banknote is the highest of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 200 Euro banknote.
The Romanian one-ban coin is a unit of currency equalling one one-hundredth of a Romanian leu. It is the lowest-denomination coin of the present currency and has been minted every year since the leu was redenominated in 2005. As well as Romania, the coin has been minted in the United Kingdom (1867), Germany (1900) and Russia (1952).
The five bani coin is a coin of the Romanian leu. It is the second-lowest denomination of the present circulating coins, introduced to circulation on 1 July 2005,
The ten-bani coin is a coin of the Romanian leu. It was reintroduced on 1 July 2005 and is the second-largest denomination coin in Romania. In addition to Romania, it has been minted in the United Kingdom (1867), Belgium, Germany (1906) and Russia (1952).
The fifty-bani coin is a coin of the Romanian leu. The fifty-bani is also the only coin of Romania to not be steel-based, but be made completely of an alloy, and was also the first coin in the country to have a written inscription on its edge, with the introduction of 4 new coins in 2019.
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.
The one leu coin was a coin of the Romanian leu. Introduced in 1870, it last circulated between 1992 and de facto 1996, when it was the lowest-denomination coin in the country. It was considered as circulating coin for accounting reasons and was still minted in proof sets until the 2005 denomination of the currency.
The Coins of the Romanian leu have been issued since the introduction of the Romanian leu in 1867.
