Two hundred lei

The two hundred lei banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu.^[1]

Two hundred lei

Country	Romania
Value	200 Romanian leu
Width	150 mm
Height	82 mm
Security features	watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation
Material used	polymer
Years of printing	since 2006
Obverse
Design	Lucian Blaga, poppy, a poem of Blaga in a book
Designer	National Bank of Romania
Design date	2006
Reverse
Design	A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia
Designer	National Bank of Romania
Design date	2006

The main color of the banknote is orange. It pictures, on the obverse a poet, Lucian Blaga, and on the reverse a watermill and a figurine known in Romania as the Thinker of Hamangia (Romanian: Gânditorul de la Hamangia).

History

In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:

First leu (1867-1947)^[2]

• coin issues: 1942, 1945

Image	Value	Technical parameters			Description			Date of
		Diameter	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	first minting	withdrawal	lapse
	200 lei	24 mm	6 g	silver 0.835			"MIHAI I REGELE ROMANILOR" ("Michael I of Romania King of Romania"), effigy of the King	1942
	200 lei	27 mm	7.5 g	brass		wreath, crown on top, denomination in the middle		1945
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Second leu (1947-1952)

• no issues

Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)

• banknote issue: 1992

1992 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse				Obverse	Reverse	printing	withdrawal
		200 L	155 × 76 mm	Light brown	Grigore Antipa	Danube Delta	December 1992	April 1999
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)

• banknote issue: 2006

2005 Series
Image		Value	Dimensions	Printing Technique	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse					Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue
		200 L	150 × 82 mm	Intaglio	Brown, orange	Lucian Blaga, poppies	A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia	2006–present	1 December 2006
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.