Ten lei

Ten lei
(Romania)
Value 10 Romanian lei
Width 133 mm
Height 72 mm
Security features watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, gold-like overprint, EURion constellation
Paper type polymer
Years of printing 2008, 2009
Obverse
Design Nicolae Grigorescu, Marshmallow, paintbrush, palette
Designer National Bank of Romania
Design date 2005, revised in 2008
Reverse
Design Traditional house from Oltenia, part from the Rodica painting
Designer National Bank of Romania
Design date 2005, revised in 2008

The ten lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 20 Euro banknote.

The main color of the banknote is pink. It pictures, on the obverse painter Nicolae Grigorescu, and on the reverse a traditional house from Oltenia, and a detail from the Rodica painting .

The original issue was printed using the intaglio technique. On 1 December 2008 the National Bank of Romania issued a second, revised banknote. It is printed using the offset printing technique (like the one leu and five lei banknotes). The official reason was the prevention of counterfeiting.[1] The new series shares the design with the previous series, the main difference being in the printing technique and the corresponding security features. As a result of the different printing technique, the second series appear lighter coloured than the first series.

History

Earlier versions of the 10 lei denomination. Between 1990 and 2004 the denomination was in coin form.

Obverse Reverse
1952 10 lei issue
Obverse Reverse
1966 10 lei issue
Obverse Reverse
The 2005 original new leu issue

References

National Bank of Romania website

  1. ↑ (Romanian) BNR press release