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Romania 100 Lei 2005

Item Code: RO-121

Obverse: Portrait of Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 - 1912), Romanian playwright, author and short-story writer;
Violet (Viola sororia) flower; A theatre mask and the comedy mask; Coat of Arms. Reverse: Old building of the
National Theatre in Bucharest where Caragiale was a General Director; Statue of the playwright Caragiale.
Watermark: Ion Luca Caragiale; BNR logo. Signatures: Mugur Constantin Isarescu (Governor); Ionel Nitu (Cashier).
 

 
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Original Size: 147 x 82 mm
 

Texts: Banca Nationala a Romaniei; Guvernator; Casier Central; Una Suta Lei; One Hundred Leu;
Falsificarea acestor bilete se pedepseste conform legilor.

 

Remark: This banknote is made from polymer substrate.

 
Security features:

Transparent window: Comedy and tragedy theatrical masks and embossed denomination value.

Shadow image ("watermark"): portrait and NBR logo, next to the transparent window. The shadow image
is visible only when the banknote is held up to the light.

Security thread: Hold the banknote against the light and the thread will appear as a dark narrow stripe in the
middle area.

Perfect register: Violet, visible when the banknote is held up to the light. Parts of the violet printed on the
obverse beneath the name of the central bank match perfectly with the parts printed on the reverse and build
a complete image.

Iridescent stripe on the reverse side: All Romanian notes in circulation have on the right of the reverse side
a vertical translucent iridescent stripe which has the nominal value printed seven times.

Microtext: All Romanian notes in circulation have, on the obverse and reverse, printed areas which contain tiny
writing. This can be seen using a magnifying glass.

UV print: On the reverse, green tetragon in UV light which holds the nominal value: "100". The black vertical serial
number shines green, the red horizontal increasing characters serial number shines orange in UV light.

Golden overprinted patch:
Ribbon in the transparent window.

Raised print: Special printing technique makes the ink feel raised on both sides on the main design elements
of the 100 Lei banknote.

Latent image: When the note is tilted, the letters "BNR" can be seen in the building's doors on the reverse.

Micro perforation: On the obverse, overlapping the flower, the nominal value is visible when the note is held up
to the light in the 100 Lei bank note.

Optical variable ink: Some elements of the 100 Lei notes change colours from gold to green when the note is tilted.
 
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