Five hundred lei

Five hundred lei
(Romania)
Value 500 Romanian leu
Width 153 mm
Height 82 mm
Security features watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation
Paper type polymer
Years of printing since 2005
Obverse
Design Mihai Eminescu, Tilia, writing instruments (feather and ink cartridge)
Designer National Bank of Romania
Design date 2005
Reverse
Design University of Iaşi Library, Timpul newspaper
Designer National Bank of Romania
Design date 2005

The five hundred lei banknote is the highest of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 200 Euro banknote.

The main color of the banknote is gray. It pictures, on the obverse poet Mihai Eminescu, and on the reverse the University of Iaşi Library, and the front page of the Timpul newspaper.

History

In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:

First leu (1867-1947)

Second leu (1947-1952)

Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)


Obverse Reverse
1922 to 1941 500 lei issue
Obverse Reverse
1991 500 lei issue
Obverse Reverse
1992 500 lei issue

References

National Bank of Romania website


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