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2 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1937-1940 |
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| Value | 2 Lei |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 LEI 28 OCTOMVRIE 1937 FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE, ACEI CARE VOR FI INTREBUINTAT BILETE FALSE, COMPLICII LOR, PRECUM SI ACEI CARI VOR FI INCERCAT A COMITE ASEMENEA FAPTE VOR FI PEDEPSITI CONFORM LEGILOR PENALE 2 2 COSTIN P. fec |
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| Variants | P#39a - 28.10.1937 & 21.12.1938 P#39b - 01.11.1940 |
| Comments |
Romania's 2 Lei note of this period was printed by the Banque de France in Paris, an arrangement that reflected both the technical limitations of Romanian printing capacity and the strong diplomatic alignment between Bucharest and Paris during the interwar years. The French connection ran deep — Romanian monetary infrastructure in this period leaned heavily on French institutional models, and outsourcing security printing to the Banque de France was consistent with that relationship.
Costin Petrescu, who designed the note, was primarily a painter and muralist — his most prominent work being the interior decoration of the Athenaeum in Bucharest. His involvement in banknote design was relatively unusual for a fine artist of his profile.