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Issue date: December 1st, 2008.
Characteristics
- Size: 133 x 72 mm ± 1mm;
- Main colour: pink;
- Printing technology: offset, on polymer.
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The 10 lei banknote issued in 2005 is printed in mixed offset/intaglio (on both sides), on polymer.
Obverse
- Portrait of painter Nicolae Grigorescu (1838-1907);
- A Hollyhock flower (Althea officinalis);
- A paintbrush and a palette;
- The Coat of Arms of Romania;
- Name of the issuing bank;
- The BNR logo;
- Banknote denomination in digits and in words;
- Authorized signatures of the Governor and Chief Cashier;
- Issue date.
Reverse
- A typical house from the Oltenia region;
- A fragment of Grigorescu's Rodica;
- 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: Printing and circulation of forged banknotes are punishable under law;
- Serial number - printed in black ink, vertically, on the left side; printed in red ink, horizontally, on the right side.
Transparent window: shaped after a palette; contains two golden overprinted paint brushes.
* The 10 lei banknote issued in 2005 does not contain the two brushes, but has the embossed denomination.
The watermark features the portrait of the historical figure depicted on the banknote, as well as the NBR logo; both items are located on the left side of the obverse. The watermark becomes visible only when the banknote is held against the light.
The magnetic security thread becomes visible only when the banknote is held against the light.
See-through register: a palette.
All Romanian banknotes in circulation contain different, but similarly designed features that are printed in the same place on both sides of the banknote and overlap perfectly to assemble an image. The banknote must be held against the light in order to see the register.
Iridescent stripe: vertical gold-translucent stripe which has the denomination printed seven times.
Microlettering: areas printed with small characters, of under 1 mm in height, that can only be seen with a magnifying glass. Content: "BNR".
Microlettering: areas printed with small characters, of under 1 mm in height, that can only be seen with a magnifying glass. Content: "BNR" and the denomination.
UV fluorescence: the special ink on the reverse becomes visible only in UV light.
The denomination and serial number (unique; consists of 3 digits, 1 letter and a 7-digit number) are printed with special ink. In UV light, the black vertical serial number shines green, while the red horizontal serial number shines orange.
Golden overprint: a palette on the right side of the observe.
The banknote has another overprinted feature in the transparent window: two paint brushes.
Golden overprint: two paint brushes in the transparent window.
The banknote has another overprinted feature on the right side of the observe: a palette.
* The 10 lei banknote issued in 2005 does not contain the two brushes.