Two hundred lei

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Two hundred lei
(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
Paper type polymer
Years of printing since 2006
Obverse
200 lei. Romania, 2006 a.jpg
Design Lucian Blaga, poppy, a poem of Blaga in a book
Designer National Bank of Romania
Design date 2006
Reverse
200 lei. Romania, 2006 b.jpg
Design A watermill and the Hamangia Thinker
Designer National Bank of Romania
Design date 2006

The two hundred lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. [1]

Romanian leu currency of Romania

The Romanian leu is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani, a word that is also used for "money" in the Romanian language.

Contents

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 Hamangia Thinker (Romanian : Gânditorul de la Hamangia).

Lucian Blaga Romanian writer

Lucian Blaga was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright and novelist.

Watermill structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process

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Hamangia culture Late Neolithic archaeological culture

The Hamangia culture is a Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Dobruja between the Danube and the Black Sea and Muntenia in the south. It is named after the site of Baia-Hamangia, discovered in 1952 along Golovița Lake.

History

In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:

First leu (1867-1947)

ImageValueTechnical parametersDescriptionDate of
DiameterMassCompositionEdgeObverseReversefirst mintingwithdrawallapse
Coin Romania 200 lei 1942.jpg 200 lei24 mm6 gsilver 0.835"MIHAI I REGELE ROMANILOR" ("Michael I of Romania King of the Romanians"), effigy of the King1942
Coin Romania 200 lei 1945.jpg 200 lei27 mm7.5 gbrasswreath, crown on top, denomination in the middle1945
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Second leu (1947-1952)

Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

1992 Series
ImageValueDimensionsMain ColourDescriptionDate of
ObverseReverseObverseReverseprintingwithdrawal
ROL 200 1992 obverse.jpg ROL 200 1992 reverse.jpg 200 L155 × 76 mmLight brown Grigore Antipa Danube Delta December 19921993
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)

2005 Series
ImageValueDimensionsPrinting TechniqueMain ColourDescriptionDate of
ObverseReverseObverseReversePrintingIssue
200 lei. Romania, 2006 a.jpg 200 lei. Romania, 2006 b.jpg 200 L150 × 82 mm Intaglio Brown, orange Lucian Blaga, poppies A watermill and the Hamangia Thinker 2006–present1 December 2006
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

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One leu

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Five lei

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Fifty lei

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One hundred lei

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References

  1. ↑ "Banca Naţională a României - 200 de lei - Lucian Blaga". www.bnr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved August 4, 2016.


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