Romanian leu

E48641

fiat currency national currency

The Romanian leu is the official national currency of Romania, subdivided into 100 bani and issued by the National Bank of Romania.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fiat currency → national currency →
banknoteDenomination	1 leu → 10 lei → 100 lei → 200 lei → 5 lei → 50 lei → 500 lei →
centralBank	National Bank of Romania →
coinDenomination	1 ban → 10 bani → 5 bani → 50 bani →
country	Romania →
currencySignPlacement	after amount →
currencySystem	decimal →
currentSeries	fourth leu (RON) →
currentSeriesStartDate	1 July 2005 →
dateOfIntroduction	1867 →
etymology	from Romanian word "leu" meaning "lion" →
inflationTargetingAuthority	National Bank of Romania →
ISO4217Code	RON →
ISO4217Number	946 →
issuingAuthority	National Bank of Romania →
languageOfName	Romanian →
legalStatus	legal tender →
legalTenderIn	Romania → Romanian shops and services →
monetaryAuthority	National Bank of Romania →
namedAfter	Dutch thaler "leeuwendaalder" (lion dollar) →
notPartOf	eurozone →
officialCurrencyOf	Romania →
pluralForm	lei →
previousCurrencyName	Romanian leu (ROL) →
previousISO4217Code	ROL →
redenominationFactor	1 new leu = 10,000 old lei →
region	Eastern Europe →
replacedCurrency	Romanian coinage based on the Ottoman system →
singularForm	leu →
status	active →
subunit	ban →
subunitToUnit	100 bani = 1 leu →
symbol	L → lei → leu →
usedFor	domestic payments in Romania → pricing of goods and services in Romania →
usedIn	Romania →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kingdom of Romania → Romania →	currency
Sighetu Marmației → Turnu-Severin →	usesCurrency
Romanian leu ("Romanian leu (ROL)") →	previousCurrencyName
Austro-Hungarian krone →	replacedBy