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5000 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1943-1944 |
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| Shape | Rectangular with undulating edge |
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| Reverse description | A large central vignette in intaglio depicts a ploughman driving a team of oxen across a hillock in the foreground, with a distant industrial and urban skyline visible under radiating sunbeams; agricultural and artisanal implements are scattered in the lower foreground. The BNR monogram cartouche appears at centre below the main scene. The composition is framed by a dense geometric guilloche border with the denomination numeral 5000 in large characters above the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Romania's wartime finances were under severe strain by 1943, with occupation costs and military expenditure driving inflation that made high-denomination notes a practical necessity rather than a prestige issue. The 5000 Lei entered circulation during a period when the leu was losing purchasing power rapidly — by the end of the war, notes of far greater face value would follow in quick succession.
Printed by the Romanian State Printing Works, P#55 was issued across two calendar years, suggesting production ran continuously to meet demand. Notes dated 1944 are generally harder to locate in better grades, consistent with the chaotic final months before the communist-era monetary reforms dismantled the old currency structure entirely.