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5 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1929 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A female figure with a distaff stands at left in classical dress, with a boy holding an oar at right; between them, the large numeral '5' and denomination 'LEI' appear in intaglio against a fine guilloche underprint. The bank title 'BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI' runs along the top, with the issue date '19 Septembrie 1929' inscribed centrally. Two circular watermark medallions flank the central vignette, with signature lines for the Guvernator and Casier Central below the denomination. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a standing woman in classical robes reaching upward to pick fruit from a tree, accompanied by a young child at her side, rendered in a pastoral allegorical composition. The denomination '5 LEI' appears in large letterpress numerals at both left and right within ornate guilloche borders. A lengthy anti-counterfeiting warning in Romanian is inscribed across the upper portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE SI ACEIA CARI VOR FI INTREBUINTAT BILETE FALSE, SAU LE VOR FI INTRODUS IN TARA, SE VOR PEDEPSI CU INCHISOARE DE LA 5 PANA LA 10 ANI, CU INTERDICTIUNE SI AMENDA, CONF ART 117 C. P. 5 LEI 5 LEI |
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