| Country | Romania |
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| Value | 1 Romanian leu |
| Width | 120 mm |
| Height | 62 mm |
| Security features | watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, EURion constellation |
| Material used | polymer |
| Years of printing | since 2005 |
| Obverse | |
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| Design | prof. Nicolae Iorga, Milkweed gentian |
| Designer | National Bank of Romania |
| Design date | 2005 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design | Curtea de Argeş Cathedral, the Wallachian eagle |
| Designer | National Bank of Romania |
| Design date | 2005 |
The current one leu banknote is the smallest circulating denomination af the Romanian leu. It is the same size es the 5 Euro banknote.
The main color of the current banknote is green. It pictures, on the obverse Prime-minister and historian Nicolae Iorga, and on the reverse the Curtea de Argeş Cathedral, which suffered a massive restoration under his Government, and a crossed eagle, the Wallachian traditional heraldic element.
