See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

20 Lei Ministry of Finance

Issuer Ministerul Finanțelor (Ministry of Finance), Romania
Year 1948
Type Log in to see details
Value 20 Lei
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Size Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Printer Log in to see details
Designer(s) Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Circular intaglio vignette at left centre contains a portrait of the Roman emperor Trajan and the Dacian king Decebal in close profile, engraved in a classical medallic style, with foliage ornament below. The denomination numeral '20' appears in large guilloche letterpress at upper right, flanked by a wreath cartouche forming the serial number panel. Two manuscript signature lines are present in the centre field, one for the Minister of Finance and one for the Director General of the Budget and General State Accounting, with the legend 'DOUA ZECI LEI' in bold letterpress along the lower margin.
Obverse lettering ROMANIA MINISTERUL FINANTELOR 20 LEI MINISTRUL FINANTELOR DIRECTORUL GENERAL AL BUGETULUI SI CONTABILITATII GENERALE A STATULUI DOUA ZECI LEI DESEN A. MURNU
Reverse description A seated female figure in traditional Romanian folk costume occupies the central vignette, holding a distaff, with an industrial or rural landscape in the background including tower-like structures amid trees. A large circular watermark reserve appears at left, mirroring the serial number panel on the obverse. The denomination '20' is rendered in large numerals at lower right within a guilloche border, and a rectangular text panel at lower centre carries the anti-counterfeiting legal warning in Romanian.
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Signature(s) Log in to see details
Protection type Log in to see details
Protection description Log in to see details
Variants Log in to see details
Comments Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE