Catalog
100 Lei COA with crown
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 2018-2022 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left centre, an intaglio portrait vignette of playwright Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912) set against a guilloche underprint in violet tones; to the right, a vignette of a violet flower (Viola sororia) accompanies two theatre masks. The Coat of Arms of Romania appears alongside the bank name, BNR logo, denomination in numerals and words, issue date, and facsimile signatures of the Governor and Chief Cashier. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of I. L. Caragiale |
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| Comments |
Romania's polymer Lei series has been running since 1999, making it one of the longer-lived polymer currency programs in Europe. This 100 Lei note falls within the extended print run of a design that has seen numerous security upgrades and suffix changes over two decades — the "i" suffix indicating a later iteration with revised security specifications relative to earlier states in the P#121 family.
The COA designation refers to the Crown watermark variant, a detail that matters for plating the specific printing run within this otherwise visually consistent series.