| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Adrian St (Adrian_S) (31) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Black & White |
| Date Taken: 2008-05-31 |
| Categories: Artwork, Macro |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/60 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-06-01 13:03 |
| Viewed: 286 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
This is the 100 Lei bill in Romania. It represents a great romanian playwriter, Ion Luca Caragiale, a sathiric author, whose ideas about society are still modern, although he lived in the 19. century.
The leu (/leŭ/, plural: lei /lej/; ISO 4217 code RON; numeric code 946) is the currency of Romania.It is subdivided into 100 bani (singular: ban). On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu (ROL) to a new leu (RON). 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL.
During the 17th century, Dutch daalder bearing a lion (leeuwendaalder) circulated in the Romanian principalities; they were often called lei (lions). The name was kept as a generic term for money, and became the official name of the national currency in 1867 after several attempts to impose a more nationalist name, such as romān (cf. franc) or romānat (cf. ducat). The Bulgarian lev has the same etymology.
In 2005, polymer notes were introduced for 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 lei. 200 lei notes were added in 2006. The designs of the 1, 5, 10, 50 and 100 lei notes are based on those of the earlier 10,000, 50,000, 100,000, 500,000 and 1 million lei notes which they replaced. |
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