Catalog
100 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a Moldovei |
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| Year | 1992-2013 |
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| Reference(s) | P#15 |
| Obverse description | Orange and red intaglio print on a guilloche underprint; the coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova appears at upper left alongside a vignette portrait of Stephen the Great at centre-right, with the BNM monogram logo and a victory token bearing a large letter 'V' with archaic-script inscriptions. Serial number printed in black. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MOLDOVA 1992 100 100 UNA SUTĂ LEI ȘTEFAN CEL MARE GUVERNATOR PE-UN PICIOR DE PLAI, PE-O GURĂ DE RAI... 100 FALSIFICAREA ACESTOR BILETE SE PEDEPSEȘTE CONFORM LEGILOR 100 (Translation: REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 1992 100 100 ONE HUNDRED LEI STEPHEN THE GREAT GOVERNOR ON A FOOT OF A MOUNTAIN, ON A MOUTH OF HEAVEN... 100 FORGERY OF THESE BANKNOTES IS PUNISHED ACCORDING TO LAW 100) |
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Moldova's first post-Soviet banknote series was introduced in 1992 when the country abandoned the Soviet ruble and issued the Moldovan leu as its sovereign currency. The 100 Lei note belongs to that founding series, which remained in print across two decades — an unusually long run that reflects both fiscal conservatism and the printing infrastructure constraints faced by a newly independent state with no established central bank tradition.
The series was printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company in Ottawa, one of several foreign security printers contracted by former Soviet republics scrambling to establish independent currencies in the early 1990s.