Currency history
Romanian leu
Romanian leu: a currency still in use.
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- RON
- Ancestry branch
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Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Romanian leu
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
Trace its ancestry backward
Romanian leu
Dutch lion-dollar trade account unit
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Article 1 provides for redenomination on 1 July 2005 at 10, 000 old lei per new leu. [1]
The 1831–1832 Organic Regulations recognized leu accounting. The 1867 reform decimalized and rescaled it: one new leu equalled two old lei and 28 parale. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Romanian official legislative portal · Legea nr.348 din 14 iulie 2004 privind denominarea monedei naționale C589 ↗
- Mugur Isărescu · Mugur Isărescu, 140 de ani de la instituirea sistemului monetar național modern, BNR25April 2007; university-hosted copy; Georgeta Ghionea · Georgeta Ghionea, Istoria băncilor urbane din Oltenia (1880–1948) C1185 ↗
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“Romanian leu.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000260.html