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1000 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Romaniei |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Size | 167 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | The right portion carries an intaglio portrait of Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889) in three-quarter view, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with a vignette of a tall-masted sailing vessel to his left. The left panel bears the BNR monogram cipher at upper centre, the Romanian coat of arms in intaglio at centre, two manuscript signatures (GUVERNATOR and CASIER CENTRAL) in red, the serial prefix and numeral denomination in a scalloped cartouche at lower left, and the bank title BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI along the left edge. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Romania's hyperinflationary spiral through the early 1990s made large-denomination notes a practical necessity almost immediately after issue. The 1000 Lei, substantial in face value when first printed, was effectively a small-change note within a few years as annual inflation repeatedly exceeded 100 percent — peaking near 300 percent in 1993 itself.
P#102 is among the more common survivors of this period precisely because it circulated hard and fast, turning over constantly before being displaced by even larger denominations. The 1998 redenomination eventually rendered the entire series obsolete.