Five lei

The five lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 10 Euro banknote.

Five lei

(Romania)
Value	5 Romanian lei
Width	127 mm
Height	67 mm
Security features	watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, EURion constellation
Material used	polymer
Years of printing	since 2005
Obverse
Design	George Enescu, Carnation, violin
Designer	National Bank of Romania
Design date	2005
Reverse
Design	Romanian Athenaeum, piano, line from the Œdipe opera
Designer	National Bank of Romania
Design date	2005

The main color of the banknote is purple. It pictures, on the obverse composer and violinist George Enescu, and on the reverse the Romanian Athenaeum, headquarters of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, a piano, and a line from his opera, Œdipe .

History

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

First leu (1867-1947)

• banknote issue: 1877 (the hypothecary issue)
• coin issues: 1880, 1881 (re-issues: 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885), 1901, 1906 (gold, celebration issue)
• banknote issues: 1914 (re-issues: 1916, 1917, 1920, 1928, 1929), 1917 (issued by the Romanian General Bank and circulated in the German occupation area between 1917-1918)
• coin issues: 1930, 1942
• banknote issue: 1944 (issued by the Red Army Comandament and circulated in 1944)

Second leu (1947-1952)

• coin issues: 1947, 1948 (re-issues: 1949, 1950)

Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

• banknote issues: 1952, 1966
• coin issues: 1978, 1992 (re-issues: 1993, 1994, 1995)

Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)

• banknote issue: 2005 (redesigned issue of the former 50.000 lei banknote, whereas 50.000 third lei = 5 fourth lei)

Obverse	Reverse
1952 5 lei issue

Obverse	Reverse
1966 5 lei issue

References

National Bank of Romania website