Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
In 1914, five leu notes were reintroduced, followed by one and two leu notes in 1915 and 500 lei in 1916. The Ministry of Finance issued very small-sized notes for 10, 25 and 50 bani in 1917. 5,000 lei notes were introduced in 1940, followed by 10,000 and 100,000 lei in 1945 and 1,000,000 and 5,000,000 lei in 1947.
Leu 200 Lei obverse 1992–1996 Nicolae Bălcescu: 1819–1852 Leader of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Leu 100 Lei obverse 1952–1966 1966–1991 Lucian Blaga: 1895–1961 Poet, playwright and philosopher Leu 5,000 Lei obverse 1998–2002 Constantin Brâncuși: 1876–1957 Sculptor Leu 500 Lei both 1991–1992 obverse 1992–1999
A 500 lei coin and the 2,000 lei note shown above were made in order to celebrate the 1999 total solar eclipse. Whereas the 500 lei coin is currently very rare, becoming a prized collector's item, the 2,000 lei note was quite popular, being taken out of circulation in 2004 (a long time after the 1,000 and 5,000 lei bills were replaced by coins).
In currencies Australian and New Zealand dollar; the South African rand; ... leu lei: leu Romanian leu; Moldovan leu; Leu is the singular and Lei is the plural.
There are many $500 banknotes, bills or coins, including: Nicaraguan five hundred-cordoba note; One of the withdrawn Canadian banknotes; One of the banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar; One of the banknotes of Zimbabwe; United States five-hundred-dollar bill obsolete US currency; Other currencies that issue $500 banknotes, bills or coins are ...
The South African rand is legal tender in the Common Monetary Area member states of Namibia, Lesotho, and Eswatini, with these three countries also having national currencies: (the dollar, the loti and the lilangeni respectively) pegged with the rand at parity and still widely accepted as substitutes.
Slang terms for money often derive from the appearance and features of banknotes or coins, their values, historical associations or the units of currency concerned. Within a language community, some of the slang terms vary in social, ethnic, economic, and geographic strata but others have become the dominant way of referring to the currency and are regarded as mainstream, acceptable language ...
A free market currency exchange was established. Official exchange rate was 3.75 riyals per U.S. dollar. A royal decree on 23 January 1959 briefly abolished the free market currency exchange. 8 January 1960 – 14 March 1975: Fixed exchange rate with USD: On 23 August 1971, the riyal was devalued by a sixth so that 4.50 SAR = 1 USD.