Fifty lei

Fifty lei

(Romania)
Value	50 Romanian leu
Width	140 mm
Height	77 mm
Security features	watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation
Paper type	polymer
Years of printing	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Obverse
Design	Aurel Vlaicu, Edelweiss, a two-blade propeller
Designer	National Bank of Romania
Design date	2005
Reverse
Design	Vlaicu II airplane design, the head of an eagle, the sketch of a motor of an airplane
Designer	National Bank of Romania
Design date	2005

The fifty lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 50 Euro banknote.

The main color of the banknote is yellow. It pictures, on the obverse pilot and engineer Aurel Vlaicu, and on the reverse the A Vlaicu Nr. II airplane design, the head of an eagle, and the sketch of the Gnome motor of his airplane.

History

In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form. Most recently between 1991 and 2004.

Obverse	Reverse
1966 50 lei issue

References

National Bank of Romania website

v t e Romanian currency and coinage Topics History of coins in Romania Leu Commemorative coins Coins of the Romanian leu Banknotes of the Romanian leu National Bank of Romania Governor State Mint Coinage 1 b 5 b 10 b 50 b Banknotes 1 L 5 L 10 L 50 L 100 L 200 L 500 L Former banknotes 10 b 25 b 50 b 2 L 3 L 25 L 1,000 L 2,000 L 5,000 L 10,000 L 50,000 L 100,000 L 500,000 L 1,000,000 L 5,000,000 L Former coinage 3 b 15 b 20 b 25 b 1 L 2 L 3 L 5 L 10 L 20 L 50 L 100 L 200 L 250 L 500 L 1,000 L 2,000 L 5,000 L 10,000 L 25,000 L 100,000 L