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200 Lei National Currency
| Issuer | Banca Națională a Moldovei |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette carries an intaglio portrait of Stephen the Great (Ștefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldavia 1457–1504) set against a fine guilloche underprint. The first two lines of the Miorița ballad are inscribed within a white circle, complemented by the commemorative legend marking 20 years of national currency (1992–2013). Denomination numerals and issuing authority inscriptions frame the composition on both sides. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Chișinău City Hall (Primăria Municipiului Chișinău), a neoclassical municipal building, enclosed within a fine guilloche border and set against a lightly tinted underprint. Denomination numerals appear in each corner and along the side panels, with the issuing bank's name running vertically along the left margin. The lower portion carries the value inscription in full, flanked by ornamental rosette designs. |
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Moldova's 200 Lei note of 2013 belongs to the second polymer-adjacent series issued after the country's post-Soviet monetary reestablishment — the Leu was reintroduced in 1993 following the hyperinflationary collapse of the Soviet ruble. The Banque de France printing contract reflects a long-standing arrangement between smaller post-Soviet issuers and established Western security printers, chosen largely for the credibility of the relationship rather than proximity.
Pick 20 carries only a watermark and security thread among its listed features — a relatively modest security specification for a note of this denomination by 2013 standards, when many comparable issues had already moved to windowed threads and color-shifting inks.