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5 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Moldovei |
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| Year | 1994-2013 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) at left centre, wearing a crown and armour, set against a fine guilloche underprint in teal and lavender tones. The Moldovan state coat of arms appears in the upper right, accompanied by the BNM monogram, issue year, and Governor's facsimile signature. A circular ornamental medallion at lower centre carries a folk verse inscription, with denomination numerals in the corners and the anti-counterfeiting warning legend along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCA NATIONALA A MOLDOVEI BISERICA SF. DUMITRU DIN ORHEI CINCI LEI 5 5 5 |
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Moldova's leu was introduced in November 1993, replacing the cupon — a short-lived transitional currency that had itself replaced Soviet rubles just two years earlier. The 5 Lei belongs to the first substantive leu series, designed and produced by the Banque de France printing works in Chamalières. The French connection was common among newly independent post-Soviet states scrambling for credible, technically secure currency production in the early 1990s, when domestic printing infrastructure simply didn't exist.
The series ran with remarkably few modifications across nearly two decades, with the 1994 through 2013 date range reflecting reprint years rather than design changes. Later printings show subtle shifts in paper stock.