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5 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Moldovei |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note carries an intaglio bust portrait of Ștefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), the medieval Moldavian ruler, set against a pale guilloche underprint. To the right, the Moldovan state coat of arms — an eagle bearing a shield charged with the aurochs head — is rendered within an elliptical guilloche vignette. The denomination 'CINCI LEI' appears in large bold lettering across the lower right, with the numeral '5' repeated at the upper left and lower right corners, and the Governor's facsimile signature with the title 'GUVERNATOR' printed in the centre. A dark band at the top bears the issuer's name 'BANCA NATIONALA A MOLDOVEI' in white letterpress, and an anti-counterfeiting warning runs along the bottom margin. |
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| Signature(s) | L. Talmaci (Guvernator) |
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Moldova's first series of banknotes, issued after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, were printed before the country had established any domestic printing capacity. The 1992 5 Lei belongs to this inaugural emission, which was produced abroad — the Banca Națională a Moldovei relied on foreign printers to supply the new currency quickly enough to support the leu's introduction in November 1993, replacing the Soviet ruble and the short-lived Moldovan cupon.
Leonid Talmaci served as governor from the bank's founding until 2009 — his signature appears across essentially the entire first generation of Moldovan notes.