Monday, January 23, 2012

Romania P-117

ROMANIA
Romanian fourth leu (RON)

P-117
Value: 1 lei
Issued by: Banca Nationala a Romaniei
Date: 1 July 2005

Features
Obverse:
Nicolae Iorga (1871-1940), Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, poet, and playwright. Co-founder of the Democratic Nationalist Party, he served as a member of Parliament, President of the Deputies' Assembly and Senate, cabinet minister, and briefly (1931-1932) as Prime Minister; willow gentian flower (Gentiana asclepiadea). 

 Reverse:
Episcopal Cathedral of Curtea de Arges monastery; stylised crusader eagle as Walachian Coat of Arms of Prince Constantin Brincoveanu.   

Material: Polymer
Watermark: Nicolae Iorga; BNR logo
Clear windows: Stylised crusader eagle
Signatures: Mugur Constantin Isarescu (Governor); Ionel Nitu (Cashier).  

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