Romanian leu | |||
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Leu românesc (in Romanian) | |||
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ISO 4217 Code | RON | ||
User(s) | Romania former: Socialist Republic of Romania (1965-1989) Romanian People's Republic (1947-1965) Transnistria Governorate (1941-1944) Kingdom of Romania (1881-1947) Principality of Romania (1867-1881) | ||
Inflation | 1.88% (September 2013 / September 2012)[1] | ||
Source | National Bank of Romania [2] | ||
Subunit | |||
1/100 | ban | ||
Plural | lei | ||
ban | bani | ||
Coins | |||
Freq. used | 10, 50 bani | ||
Rarely used | 1 ban, 5 bani | ||
Banknotes | |||
Freq. used | 1 leu, 5, 10, 50, 100 lei | ||
Rarely used | 200, 500 lei | ||
Central bank | National Bank of Romania (since 1867) Red Army (1944) INFINEX (1941-1944) General Romanian Bank (1917-1919) | ||
Website | www.bnr.ro | ||
Printer | National Bank of Romania (since 1867) Goznak (1944) Reichsbank (1917-1919) | ||
Website | www.bnr.ro | ||
Mint | Monetăria Statului (since 1867) Saint Petersburg Mint, temporary located in Krasnokamsk (1944) Reichsdruckerei (1917-1919) | ||
Website | www.monetariastatului.ro |
The leu is the money that is used in Romania. The smaller kind of money used is the ban, or bani(plural). 100 bani make up a leu. Although Romania is a member of the European Union, they do not use the Euro as their currency.