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500 Lei

Issuer Banca Națională a României
Year 1916-1920
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Value 500 Lei
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Obverse description Intaglio-engraved note with an ornate interlaced border in blue and ochre tones. At left, a standing peasant woman carrying a basket on her head is accompanied by a young boy, while at right a seated farm woman in traditional Romanian dress reclines against a haystack; the central field carries the denomination in bold letterpress above three manuscript signature lines. Two large circular watermark panels flank the central vignette, and a penal warning legend appears in a rectangular cartouche across the top.
Obverse lettering FALSIFICATORII ACESTOR BILETE ȘI ACEIA CARI VOR FI ÎNTREBUINȚAT BILETE FALSE, SAU LE VOR FI INTRODUS ÎN ȚARĂ, SE VOR PEDEPSI CU ÎNCHISOARE DE LA 5 PÂNĂ LA 10 ANI, CU INTERDICȚIUNE ȘI AMENDĂ, CONFORM ART. 117 CODUL PENAL BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI CINCI SUTE LEI GUVERNATOR DIRECTOR DIRECTORUL CASEI GEO. DUVAL FECIT
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Variants P#22a - 11.02.1916, 07.04.1916, 18.08.1916 & 26.01.1917 signature titles: Vice-Guvernator, Director, Casier
P#22b - 29.03.1918 signature titles: Guvernator, Director, Directorul Controlului şi al Casei
P#22c - 26.04.1919, 31.07.1919 & 12.02.1920 signature titles: Guvernator, Director, Directorul Casei
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