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Romanian leu: research record

Evidence coverage: 1757–2005. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Romanian leu

RON · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1757–2005; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Dutch lion-dollar trade account unitaccount unit branching · qualified · 1700–1800
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 3 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Romanian Leu — endpoint research dossierFTM000762 · C589
Earlier accounting observation · C1185
Moldavian leu account observation · C1218

Latest research

Earlier unit continuity

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.

Sources and qualifications →
Earlier unit continuity

A published study reports a 1757 Moldavian document reckoning 5,000 lei as ten bags. It extends the qualified regional leu profile; the underlying manuscript and every later local transition have not been independently verified.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1757qualified

A published study reports a 1757 Moldavian document reckoning 5,000 lei as ten bags. It extends the qualified regional leu profile; the underlying manuscript and every later local transition have not been independently verified.

C1218
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1 July 2005: statutory rescalingStatutory rescaling

Article 1 provides for redenomination on 1 July 2005 at 10,000 old lei per new leu.

C589
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C589

Article 1 provides for redenomination on 1 July 2005 at 10,000 old lei per new leu.

Romanian official legislative portal · Legea nr.348 din 14 iulie 2004 privind denominarea monedei naționale Citation S322 · Open source ↗

Indexed article 1

Source access and limitations

Substantive search-indexed passage inspected; direct full-document retrieval failed or returned blocking/error content.

Inference C1185

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.

Mugur Isărescu · Mugur Isărescu, 140 de ani de la instituirea sistemului monetar național modern, BNR25April 2007; university-hosted copy Citation S553 · Open source ↗

slides3–7,10–11; pp59–60, especially statutory conversion and implementation

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Georgeta Ghionea · Georgeta Ghionea, Istoria băncilor urbane din Oltenia (1880–1948) Citation S554 · Open source ↗

slides3–7,10–11; pp59–60, especially statutory conversion and implementation

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Inference C1207

Regional leu accounting continued the lion-thaler convention after the trade coin receded. This qualified branch compresses regional differentiation and later Ottoman influence; it does not equate every local leu with Dutch or Ottoman money.

Elena Arcuș-Jantovan · Elena Arcuș-Jantovan, Dutch Coins in the Principality of Moldova 1711–1859 Citation S602 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757; Cercetări NumismaticeIX–XI455–468; abstract item2; slides3–7,10–11; pp59–60, especially statutory conversion and implementation

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Dragoş Ungureanu · Dragoş Ungureanu, Coins Used on the Wallachian Monetary Market during the First Half of the18thCentury Citation S603 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757; Cercetări NumismaticeIX–XI455–468; abstract item2; slides3–7,10–11; pp59–60, especially statutory conversion and implementation

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Official museum-journal English abstract fully inspected; Romanian full PDF403.

Mugur Isărescu · Mugur Isărescu, 140 de ani de la instituirea sistemului monetar național modern, BNR25April 2007; university-hosted copy Citation S553 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757; Cercetări NumismaticeIX–XI455–468; abstract item2; slides3–7,10–11; pp59–60, especially statutory conversion and implementation

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Georgeta Ghionea · Georgeta Ghionea, Istoria băncilor urbane din Oltenia (1880–1948) Citation S554 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757; Cercetări NumismaticeIX–XI455–468; abstract item2; slides3–7,10–11; pp59–60, especially statutory conversion and implementation

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Inference C1218

A published study reports a 1757 Moldavian document reckoning 5,000 lei as ten bags. It extends the qualified regional leu profile; the underlying manuscript and every later local transition have not been independently verified.

Elena Arcuș-Jantovan · Elena Arcuș-Jantovan, Dutch Coins in the Principality of Moldova 1711–1859 Citation S602 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Mugur Isărescu · Mugur Isărescu, 140 de ani de la instituirea sistemului monetar național modern, BNR25April 2007; university-hosted copy Citation S553 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Georgeta Ghionea · Georgeta Ghionea, Istoria băncilor urbane din Oltenia (1880–1948) Citation S554 · Open source ↗

Studia Universitatis Moldaviae2021 no10(150),7–22; pp8–10regional account history; p12document1757

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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