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 since 2005
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, as follows:

First leu (1867-1947)

Second leu (1947-1952)

Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)

Obverse Reverse
1966 50 lei issue

References

National Bank of Romania website


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