The two hundred lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu.[1]

Two hundred lei
(Romania)
Value200 Romanian leu
Width150 mm
Height82 mm
Security featureswatermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation
Material usedpolymer
Years of printingsince 2006
Obverse
DesignLucian Blaga, poppy, a poem of Blaga in a book
DesignerNational Bank of Romania
Design date2006
Reverse
DesignA watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia
DesignerNational Bank of Romania
Design date2006

The main color of the banknote is orange. It pictures, on the obverse a poet, Lucian Blaga, and on the reverse a watermill and a figurine known in Romania as the Thinker of Hamangia (Romanian: Gânditorul de la Hamangia).

History

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

First leu (1867-1947)

  • coin issues: 1942, 1945
Image Value Technical parameters Description Date of
Diameter Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse first minting withdrawal lapse
  200 lei 24 mm 6 g silver 0.835 "MIHAI I REGELE ROMANILOR" ("Michael I of Romania King of Romania"), effigy of the King 1942
  200 lei 27 mm 7.5 g brass wreath, crown on top, denomination in the middle 1945
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Second leu (1947-1952)

  • no issues

Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

  • banknote issue: 1992
1992 Series
Image Value Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse printing withdrawal
    200 L 155 × 76 mm Light brown Grigore Antipa Danube Delta December 1992 1993
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)

  • banknote issue: 2006
2005 Series
Image Value Dimensions Printing Technique Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Printing Issue
    200 L 150 × 82 mm Intaglio Brown, orange Lucian Blaga, poppies A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia 2006–present 1 December 2006
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

References

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  1. ^ "Banca Naţională a României - 200 de lei - Lucian Blaga". www.bnr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved August 4, 2016.
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