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5 lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 5 Lei |
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| Obverse description | This is an educational/play-money facsimile of the Romanian 5 Lei note (P# 118), reproducing the standard obverse layout with a portrait vignette of George Enescu at right, musical note imagery and violin in the centre field against a multicolour guilloche underprint in orange, purple and pink tones, and the Romanian coat of arms at upper left. The note carries a prominent red overprint reading 'PENTRU ÎNVĂȚARE ȘI JOC' diagonally across the face, and a circular red 'ALEXANDER' logo sticker affixed to the left side. The lower left bears the legend 'FOLOSITI NUMAI IN SCOPURI EDUCATIONALE SI LA JOC' together with facsimile governor and cashier signature lines. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain white paper surface with no design elements, inscriptions, or security features. |
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Romania's 5 lei denomination has an unusual origin in this series: the 2005 issue was part of the country's redenomination, where 10,000 old lei became 1 new leu. The switch, effective 1 July 2005, was driven by administrative fatigue — Romanians had been routinely handling transactions in the hundreds of millions of old lei, a direct consequence of hyperinflation in the 1990s that peaked around 300% annually in 1997.
Most denominations in the new leu series were issued in polymer by De La Rue, but this 5 lei note was printed on paper rather than the plastic substrate used for the lower values — a deliberate tiered approach to substrate costs that was gradually phased out as polymer production scaled up.