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1000 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Romaniei |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | Third leu (1952-2005) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889) in three-quarter view occupies the right portion of the note, printed in intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint. At centre, a vignette of a tall sailing ship is rendered in fine line engraving, flanked by the denomination numeral 1000 in the lower left corner. The bank monogram 'BNR' appears in the upper left, with the issuer inscription 'BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI' running vertically along the left margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Romania's 1991 1000 Lei was issued during a period of rapid monetary deterioration — inflation had been suppressed under Ceaușescu through price controls and outright falsification of economic data, and once those controls collapsed after December 1989, the lei's purchasing power eroded quickly. This denomination, substantial at issue, became effectively trivial within a few years as inflation peaked above 300% annually in 1993.
The P#101A designation distinguishes a signature variety, a detail that matters more to specialists than the notes themselves suggest — the series ran with multiple signatory combinations as the bank's leadership changed during the post-communist restructuring.