Catalog
50 lei
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 50 Lei |
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| Obverse description | A facsimile of the Romanian 50 Lei note (P# 120) printed on paper, reproducing the intaglio-style portrait vignette of poet Alexandru Macedonski at right against a multicolour guilloche underprint in yellow, green, and violet tones, with a central vignette of an edelweiss flower and a compass rose to its upper left. The note bears two overprinted educational-use disclaimers: a red circular "ALEXANDER" logo at left and a bold red diagonal legend reading "PENTRU ÎNVĂȚARE ȘI JOC", along with the printed text "FOLOSITI NUMAI IN SCOPURI EDUCATIONALE SI LA JOC" in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain white paper surface with no design elements, inscriptions, or security features visible. |
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| Comments |
Romania's polymer banknote program, launched in 1999, made the country one of the earliest adopters of polymer substrate in Europe — which makes this 2005 paper issue something of an outlier. By that point, the main circulation series had already transitioned to polymer, and this paper version was produced for a specific commemorative or parallel issue purpose rather than as a standard circulating note.
Worth confirming against Pick catalog data: paper-composition 50 lei notes from 2005 are uncommon enough that condition and provenance details matter more than usual for attribution.