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The Romanian Leu is the official money used in Romania for buying and selling goods and services. It matters because it's essential for conducting everyday transactions and is a key part of Romania's economy and its relationship with the European Union.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- currency
- Subclass of
- currency unit
- Named after
- lion thaler
- Country
- Romania
- Image
- 10 lei. Romania, 2008 a.jpg
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- unit symbol
- pумънски лей
- central bank/issuer
- National Bank of Romania
- Commons category
- Money of Romania
- price
- 0.20097674699037321381916112305806218220551882147235564845147416443917438752
- start time
- 2005-07-01
- applies to jurisdiction
- Romania
- P8168
- rack
- native label
- Leu românesc
- measured physical quantity
- amount of substance
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Encyclopedic overview
ISO 4217 CodeRON (numeric: 946) earlier: ROK, ROL Subunit0.01 Unit Plurallei Denominations Subunit 1⁄100ban Plural banbani Banknotes Freq. used1 leu, 5 lei, 10 lei, 20 lei, 50 lei, 100 lei, 200 lei Rarely used500 lei Coins Freq. used5 bani, 10 bani, 50 bani Rarely used1 ban Demographics Date of introduction22 April 1867 (159 years ago) (1867-04-22) User(s) Romania Issuance Central bankNational Bank of Romania Websitewww.bnr.ro PrinterNational Bank of Romania Websitewww.bnr.ro MintMonetăria Statului Websitewww.monetariastatului.ro Valuation Inflation9.8% (Dec. 2025) Source
The Romanian leu ( Romanian pronunciation: [lew], plural lei [lej]; ISO code: RON; numeric code: 946) is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into 100 bani (Romanian pronunciation: [banʲ], singular: ban [ban]), a word that also means "money" in the Romanian language.
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