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100 lei Femeia de Azi
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Modelled on the Romanian 100 lei note, with a portrait vignette of playwright Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912) and a Viola sororia floral motif alongside a theatre mask. Three white ovals on the right carry prize amounts, with a white rectangle for a promotional SMS code and a cream rectangle bearing a validation code; denomination appears in numerals and words with issue date 1 iulie 2005. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCA NAȚIONALĂ A FEMEII DE AZI 100 femeia de azi 1 iulie 2005 3.000 LEI 3.000 LEI 100 LEI COD SMS (GUVERNAT)OR COD DE VALIDARE ION LUCA CARAGIALE 1852-1912 UNA SUTĂ LEI |
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The "Femeia de Azi" — Woman of Today — series was introduced in 1992 as Romania struggled through the economic chaos that followed the collapse of Ceaușescu's government. Hyperinflation was already eroding purchasing power rapidly; the 100 lei note, worth meaningful sums just a few years earlier, had become a denomination of diminishing practical utility almost from the moment it was issued.
The series name itself was something of a propaganda reversal — state imagery now celebrating an idealized modern Romanian woman rather than industrial workers or socialist heroes.