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500 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Romaniei |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Designer(s) | Ion-Octavian Penda |
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| Reverse lettering | Constantin Brancusi 1876-1957 500 cinci sute lei FALSIFICAREA ACESTOR BILETE SE PEDEPSESTE CONFORM LEGILOR BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI PO |
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| Protection description | Constantin Brâncuși's portrait visible in the plain white left margin area |
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Romania's post-Ceaușescu transition produced a cluttered monetary sequence, and this 1991 500 Lei sits in the middle of it — printed domestically after decades of relying on foreign presses, a deliberate assertion of institutional independence following the December 1989 revolution. Ion-Octavian Penda was among the Romanian designers brought in as the Banca Națională moved to rebuild its note-issuing program under new political conditions.
Inflation would make this denomination nearly worthless within a few years. By 1999, Romania had issued a 500,000 Lei note.