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5000 Lei
| Issuer | Banca Nationala a Romaniei |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| In circulation to | 30 June 2002 |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCA NATIONALA A ROMÂNIEI 1998 5.000 lei CINCI MII LUCIAN BLAGA 1895-1961 |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCA NATIONALA A ROMÂNIEI CINCI MII lei 5.000 |
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Romania's shift to polymer banknotes was already underway by the late 1990s, making this 1998 paper 5000 Lei issue something of a transitional relic. The denomination itself was a symptom of the hyperinflationary spiral Romania experienced through the early-to-mid 1990s, when the leu lost value so rapidly that five-thousand-unit notes became routine pocket change rather than significant currency.
The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature — modest protection for a note circulating at a time when counterfeiting pressure on high-denomination Romanian paper was a documented concern for the BNR.