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200 Lei National Currency
| Issuer | Banca Națională a Moldovei |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette carries an intaglio portrait of Stephen the Great (Ștefan cel Mare, Prince of Moldavia 1457–1504) set against a fine guilloche underprint. The first two lines of the Miorița ballad are inscribed within a white circle, complemented by the commemorative legend marking 20 years of national currency (1992–2013). Denomination numerals and issuing authority inscriptions frame the composition on both sides. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Moldova's 200 Lei note of 2013 belongs to the second polymer-adjacent series issued after the country's post-Soviet monetary reestablishment — the Leu was reintroduced in 1993 following the hyperinflationary collapse of the Soviet ruble. The Banque de France printing contract reflects a long-standing arrangement between smaller post-Soviet issuers and established Western security printers, chosen largely for the credibility of the relationship rather than proximity.
Pick 20 carries only a watermark and security thread among its listed features — a relatively modest security specification for a note of this denomination by 2013 standards, when many comparable issues had already moved to windowed threads and color-shifting inks.