Catalog
500 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Națională a României |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Reference(s) | P#101 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of sculptor Constantin Brâncuși (1876–1957) at right, rendered in fine engraved detail against a guilloche underprint with repeated bank name text. Two of his sculptural works — a tall dark column-like form and a bird-shaped figure in ochre — occupy the centre vignette. The Romanian state coat of arms on a shield appears at centre-left, flanked by decorative geometric border panels in purple and orange; the bank monogram is printed in the upper-left corner. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents three major works by Brâncuși rendered in intaglio: "Muza Adormită" (Sleeping Muse) at left, the elongated "Pasărea Măiastră" (Magic Bird) rising diagonally at centre, and "Începutul Lumii" (The Beginning of the World) at right, set against a geometric guilloche background. Denomination numerals "500" repeat across the lower margin in letterpress. At right, a decorative guilloche panel with a circular rosette and the bank monogram in the upper corner completes the design. |
| Reverse lettering | CINCI SUTE LEI FALSIFICAREA ACESTOR BILETE SE PEDEPSEȘTE CONFORM LEGILOR DECEMBRIE 1992 BANCA NAȚIONALĂ A ROMÂNIEI (Translation: FIVE HUNDRED LEI FORGERY OF THESE NOTES IS PUNISHABLE BY LAW DECEMBER 1992 NATIONAL BANK OF ROMANIA) |
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