Obverse

• Portrait of the heroine Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894-1917);
• A bouquet of crocuses (Crocus flavus);
• A badge of the Romanian Scouts;
• A stylised depiction of the infantry insignia;
• Name of the issuing bank;
• The NBR logo;
• Banknote denomination in digits and in words;
• Authorized signatures of the Governor and Chief Cashier;
• Issue date.

Reverse

• The Mărășești Mausoleum;
• The winged figure of Victory on the Victory Medal;
• A lily flower;
• Banknote denomination in digits and in words;
• Name of the issuing bank;
• The BNR logo in the upper right and lower left corners;
• Legal provisions against counterfeiting: FALSIFICAREA ACESTOR BILETE SE PEDEPSEȘTE CONFORM LEGILOR (Printing and circulation of forged banknotes are punishable under law);
• The serial number printed vertically in black ink on the left side; printed horizontally in red ink, with fonts of ascending height.

• Transparent window in the shape of the “Military Virtue” medal: contains the embossed denomination and a golden overprinted element depicting s bugle.
• Watermark (shadow image): when the banknote is held up to the light, the portrait of Ecaterina Teodoroiu and the NBR logo appear on the left side of the obverse in the unprinted area.
• Optically variable ink: some elements are shifting colour from gold to green when the banknote is tilted at certain angles;
• Latent image: on the reverse, the “BNR” initials embedded right beneath the image of the Mărășești Mausoleum; this element only becomes visible when the banknote is tilted parallel to the line of sight;
• Iridescent stripe: vertical golden translucent stripe incorporating the face value in figures “20”.
• See-through register: some fragments of the stylised depiction of the infantry insignia printed above the bouquet on the obverse and other fragments above the Mărășești Mausoleum on the reverse; when the note is viewed up into the light the infantry insignia is fully visible;
• Magnetic security thread: visible both on the obverse and on the reverse of the banknote when the note is viewed up into the light.
• Intaglio (raised) printing: the main design elements are intaglio printed on both sides.
• Microtext: printed area with very small characters, less than 1 mm high which can be seen with a magnifying glass
• UV fluorescence: areas printed with fluorescent ink that become visible only in ultraviolet light. Contain the face value and series of the banknote (unique, consisting of three digits, one letter and a seven-digit number). The vertical series on the left will appear green in UV light, while the series on the right will appear orange.