Overview

A 2000 Lei commemorative polymer banknote of the National Bank of Romania issued in 1999 to mark the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999, one of the first polymer notes in Europe. The front shows a map of Romania with the eclipse path and the back shows a diagram of the eclipse.

Key Features & Details:

• Country: Romania
• Issuer: Banca Națională a României (National Bank of Romania)
• Currency: Romanian Leu
• Denomination: 2000 Lei
• Year: 1999
• Catalogue No.: P-111
• Obverse (Front): A map of Romania in rainbow colours with the path of the 1999 eclipse across it, the value 2.000 “DOUA MII LEI”, a clear window and the bank emblem, on a blue polymer note
• Reverse (Back): The solar eclipse of 11 August 1999 shown as a planetary diagram with the legend “ECLIPSA TOTALA DE SOARE” and the value 2.000 “DOUA MII LEI”, with the national coat of arms, on a blue polymer note
• Serial Number: 001A 0697884
• Condition: UNC (Uncirculated) – crisp original paper

Please Note:

The note in the photographs, with the serial number listed above, is the exact note you will receive.