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100 Lei King Carol I
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României (National Bank of Romania) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Fourth leu (2005-date) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a bold intaglio portrait of King Carol I occupies the foreground, accompanied by his facsimile signature and the inscription REGELE CAROL I 1839–1914 below. The central field carries a vignette of the reverse of the Star of Romania order insignia overlaid upon a battle scene from the War of Independence, set against a guilloche underprint of stylised geometric motifs in muted tones. The coat of arms of Romania, the bank title BANCA NAȚIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI with the BNR logo, the nominal value 100 in four positions, the denomination in letters LEI UNA SUTĂ and UNA SUTĂ LEI, the Governor's and Chief Cashier's signatures, and the issue date 1 DECEMBRIE 2024 printed vertically at right complete the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCA NAȚIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI 100 1 DECEMBRIE 2024 GUVERNATOR CASIER GENERAL LEI UNA SUTĂ UNA SUTĂ LEI REGELE CAROL I 1839-1914 (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF ROMANIA 100 1 DECEMBER 2024 GOVERNOR CHIEF CASHIER ONE HUNDRED LEI ONE HUNDRED LEI KING CAROL I 1839-1914) |
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Romania's central bank has operated its own printing works since 1880, one of the older in-house facilities in the region, and this polymer issue comes from that same Bucharest operation. Polymer substrate adoption by the BNR has been gradual and selective — this 100 Lei is among the more recent additions to the series rather than a long-established format.
Pick 127 is current-issue and cataloguing data remains thin at this stage. The watermark listed as the primary security feature is notably minimal documentation for a contemporary polymer note, which typically carries a denser security package than substrate migration alone would require.