Catalog
25 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Republicii Socialiste Romania |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Size | 140 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Tudor Vladimirescu set within a circular vignette at left, framed by intricate guilloche patterning in purple and green tones. The Socialist Romanian state arms appear in an ornate cartouche at center-right, flanked by the denomination numeral 25 in the lower corners. An anti-counterfeiting legend runs along the lower margin beneath the main design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 1966 Romanian 25 Lei belongs to a series introduced as the Socialist Republic consolidated its visual identity on currency following the 1965 constitutional rename from the Romanian People's Republic. The series was a deliberate rebranding exercise — same monetary system, updated political nomenclature stamped across every denomination.
Watermark security on Romanian notes of this period was modest by Western standards, and the 1966 series is no exception. Counterfeiting was not the primary concern; state control of printing and distribution made forgery a largely academic threat under Ceaușescu's command economy.