Fifty lei

It pictures, on the obverse, pilot and engineer Aurel Vlaicu, and on the reverse the A Vlaicu Nr. II airplane design, the head of an eagle, and the sketch of the Gnome motor of his airplane.

• Denomination — Fifty lei • Country — Romania • Value — 50 • Unit — Romanian leu • Width Mm — 140 • Height Mm — 77 • Security Features — watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation • Paper Type — polymer • Years Of Printing — since 2005 • Obverse Design — Aurel Vlaicu, Edelweiss, a two-blade propeller • Obverse Designer — National Bank of Romania • Obverse Design Date — 2005 • Reverse Design — A Vlaicu II airplane design, the head of an eagle, a sketch of an airplane motor. • Reverse Designer — National Bank of Romania • Reverse Design Date — 2005

In earlier times, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows: First leu (1867–1947) • banknote issue: 1877 (the hypothecary issue) • coin issues: 1906 (gold, celebration issue), 1937 (re-issue: 1938) Second leu (1947–1952) • no issues Third leu – ROL (1952–2005) • banknote issue: 1966 • coin issue: 1991 (re-issues: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) Fourth leu – RON (since 2005) • banknote issue: 2005 (redesigned issue of the former 500.000 lei banknote, whereas 500.000 third lei = 50 fourth lei)