2,000 Lei, Romania, 1999

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Polymer Note, 2,000 Lei
Polymer Note, 2,000 Lei

Object Details

Description (Brief)

One (1) 2,000 lei polymer note

Romania, 1999

Obverse Image: Solar system.

Obverse Text: BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI / ECLIPSA TOTALA DE SOARE / 11 AUGUST 1999 / GUVERNATOR / CASIER CENTRAL / 2.000 LEI DOUA MIL / 1999

Reverse Image: The 1999 solar eclipse over Romania.

Reverse Text: BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI / 2.000 / DOUA MIL LEI / 003A0196362 / FALSIFICAREA ACESTOR BILETE SE PEDEPSESTE CONFORM LEGILOR / ARAD / TIMISOARA / LUGOJ / DEVA / HUNEDOARA / PETROSANI / TARGU-JIU / RAMNICU-VALCEA / PITESTI / DRAGASANI / TARGOVISTE / POLIESTI / BUCURESTI

General Information: In celebration of the total solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) decided to issue a commemorative two thousand Romanian lei banknote.

date made

1999

ID Number

2015.0023.005

accession number

2015.0023

catalog number

2015.0023.005

serial number

003A0196362

Object Name

polymer note

Physical Description

polymer (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 6.4 cm x 14.4 cm x .01 cm; 2 17/32 in x 5 21/32 in x in

place made

Romania

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Exhibition

Value of Money

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-90bf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1801740