One hundred lei
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| Value | 100 Romanian leu |
| Width | 147 mm |
| Height | 82 mm |
| Security features | watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation |
| Paper type | polymer |
| Years of printing | since 2005 |
| Obverse | |
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| Design | Ion Luca Caragiale, Sweet violet, mask of Comedy |
| Designer | National Bank of Romania |
| Design date | 2005 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design | Old building of the National Theatre of Bucharest, statue of Caragiale, mask of Tragedy |
| Designer | National Bank of Romania |
| Design date | 2005 |
The one hundred lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 100 Euro banknote.
The main color of the banknote is blue. It pictures, on the obverse the playwright, short story writer, poet, theater manager, political commentator and journalist Ion Luca Caragiale, and on the reverse the old building of the Bucharest National Theatre, and the statue of Ion Luca Caragiale. The one hundred lei banknote is the only banknote that pictures both on the obverse and reverse a personality.
In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:
First leu (1867-1947)
Second leu (1947-1952)
Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)
Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)
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