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Including several security features such as a translucent viewing window, this flexible plastic banknote was the first European polymer banknote to be printed. It commemorates a total solar eclipse (“eclipsa total de soare”) that occurred on August 11th, 1999, being the final such event before the new millennium. This banknote was mostly issued as a commemorative and not necessarily for circulation.
● Country: ROMANIA
● Denomination: 2,000 Lei
● Year: 1999 (above large denomination on top image)
● PMG banknote values: 30 US Cents in Very Good 8 grade, 75¢ Very Fine 20, and $4 Mint State (MS) 60; 1,000,000 issues have a 001A serial number prefix and were presented in a commemorative folder — these are worth $12 in MS 60; specimen notes are $50 in MS 60
● NGC World Banknote Price Guide link: https://www.pmgnotes.com/priceguide/world-note-prices.aspx?deid=1800747
● Obverse: Romania coat of arms and National Bank insignia; “DOUA MII” (two thousand); illustration of the Solar System (starburst representing the Sun)
● Reverse: “DOUA MII”; another National Bank insignia; total solar eclipse path superimposed on a colorful map of Romania, reminiscent of the country's flag; “falsificarea acestor bilete se pedepseste conform legilor” (forgery of these banknotes is punishable by law)
● Original image credit: MDM.de (Munzen, Euromunzen, & Goldmunzen)
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