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The first leu coin was minted in Romania in 1870. [6] Before 1878 the silver Russian ruble was valued so highly as to drive the native coins out of circulation. Consequently, in 1889, Romania unilaterally joined the Latin Monetary Union and adopted a gold standard. Silver coins were legal tender only up to 50 lei.
First Leu Coins – 1872-1873 Series Image Value Technical parameters Description Date of Diameter Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse first minting withdrawal lapse 50 bani 18 mm 2.5 g Crown above date within wreath Value above sprays 1873 1 leu 23 mm 5 g silver Value, wreath, year of minting CAROL I DOMNUL ROMANIEI ("Carol I, Lord of ...
One leu (Romania) Value: 1 Romanian leu: Width: ... The current one leu banknote is the smallest circulating denomination af the ... First leu (1867-1947) coin issues ...
The one leu coin was a coin of the Romanian leu. Introduced in 1870, it last circulated between 1992 and de facto 1996, when it was the lowest-denomination coin in the country. It was considered as circulating coin for accounting reasons and was still minted in proof sets until the 2005 denomination of the currency.
The leu notes issued on 1 July 2005 are of equal size to euro banknotes, so that machines will need less refitting once Romania joins the euro zone. This decision was taken after a lot of debate, and with some opposition, the initial decision being to make them even smaller, similar to the 1966 series.
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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 Iași Library, and the front page of the Timpul newspaper.
The fifty-bani coin is a coin of the Romanian leu.The fifty-bani is also the only coin of Romania to not be steel-based, but be made completely of an alloy, and was also the first coin in the country to have a written inscription on its edge, with the introduction of 4 new coins in 2019.