20 Lei

Issuer	Banca Națională a Moldovei
Year	1992-2013
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Value	20 Lei
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Obverse description	Intaglio portrait vignette of Stephen the Great (Ștefan cel Mare), Prince of Moldavia, set within an oval guilloche frame at left, rendered in green on a yellow-green geometric underprint with teal diamond-pattern border ornaments. The central field carries the denomination numeral '20' within an elaborate guilloche rosette, above the spelled-out value 'DOUĂZECI LEI' in bold letterpress. To the right, the Moldovan state coat of arms is enclosed in a circular border, accompanied by the Governor's facsimile signature and the date '2010', with the BNM monogram at upper right and a denomination numeral '20' in a scalloped cartouche at lower right.
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Reverse description	Central intaglio vignette of Soroca Fortress (Cetatea Soroca), the circular Renaissance-era stronghold on the bank of the Dniester River, with its reflection rendered in the water below, all framed within a rectangular ruled border set against a radiating guilloche underprint in green tones. The BNM monogram appears at upper left alongside a heraldic vignette, while denomination numerals '20' are repeated in guilloche rosettes at right and lower corners. A circular latent-image device incorporating a monument vignette is positioned at lower left, and the spelled-out value 'DOUĂZECI LEI' appears in large letterpress below the central frame.
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Protection description	Stephen the Great portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note; latent image device at lower left of reverse incorporating a monument motif visible at an angle.
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