{{Infobox banknote | denomination = Two hundred lei | country = Romania | value = 200 | unit = Romanian leu | width_mm = 150 | height_mm = 82 | security_features = watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation | paper_type = polymer | years_of_printing = since 2006 | obverse = 200 lei. Romania, 2006 a.jpg | obverse_design = Lucian Blaga, poppy, a poem of Blaga in a book | obverse_designer = National Bank of Romania | obverse_design_date = 2006 | reverse = 200 lei. Romania, 2006 b.jpg | reverse_design = A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia | reverse_designer = National Bank of Romania | reverse_design_date = 2006 }}

The '''two hundred lei''' banknote is one of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu.<ref name="bnr">{{cite web|title=Banca Naţională a României - 200 de lei - Lucian Blaga|url=http://www.bnr.ro/200-de-lei---Lucian-Blaga-8819.aspx|website=www.bnr.ro|accessdate=August 4, 2016|language=Romanian}}</ref>

The main color of the banknote is orange. It pictures, on the obverse a poet, Lucian Blaga, and on the reverse a watermill and a figurine known in Romania as the Thinker of Hamangia ({{langx|ro|Gânditorul de la Hamangia}}).

== History == {{unreferenced section|date=August 2016}} In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:

'''First leu (1867–1947)'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=100 Lei, Romania |url=https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note207169.html |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=en.numista.com |language=en}}</ref> * coin issues: 1942, 1945 {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" ! rowspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!colspan="3"| Technical parameters !!colspan="3"| Description !!colspan="3"| Date of |- ! Diameter !! Mass !! Composition !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse !! first minting !! withdrawal !! lapse |- | align="center" bgcolor="white" | 120px | 200 lei | 24&nbsp;mm | 6 g | silver 0.835 | | | rowspan="2" | "MIHAI I REGELE ROMANILOR" ("Michael I of Romania King of Romania"), effigy of the King | 1942 | | |- {{Coin-silver-color}} | align="center" bgcolor="white" | 135px | 200 lei | 27&nbsp;mm | 7.5 g | brass | | wreath, crown on top, denomination in the middle | 1945 | | |- | colspan="11" | {{Standard coin table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}} |}

'''Second leu (1947–1952)''' * no issues

'''Third leu - ROL (1952–2005)''' * banknote issue: 1992 {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" !colspan=9|1992 Series |- ! colspan=2 | Image ! rowspan=2 | Value ! rowspan=2 | Dimensions ! rowspan=2 | Main Colour ! colspan=2 | Description ! colspan=2 | Date of |- ! Obverse ! Reverse ! Obverse ! Reverse ! printing ! withdrawal |- |align=right bgcolor="#000000"| 99px |align=left bgcolor="#000000"| 99px | align=right | 200 L | 155 × 76&nbsp;mm | Light brown | Grigore Antipa | Danube Delta | December 1992 | April 1999 |- |colspan=9|{{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}} |}

'''Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)''' * banknote issue: 2006 {|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" ! colspan=11|2005 Series |- ! colspan=2 | Image ! rowspan=2 | Value ! rowspan=2 | Dimensions ! rowspan=2 | Printing Technique ! rowspan=2 | Main Colour ! colspan=2 | Description ! colspan=2 | Date of |- ! Obverse ! Reverse ! Obverse ! Reverse ! Printing ! Issue |- | align=right bgcolor="#000000"| 105px | align=left bgcolor="#000000"| 105px | align=right | 200 L | 150 × 82&nbsp;mm | Intaglio | Brown, orange | Lucian Blaga, poppies | A watermill and the Thinker of Hamangia | 2006–present | 1 December 2006 |- |colspan="11"|{{Standard banknote table notice|standard_scale=Y|BrE=Y}} |}

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== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{cite web|title=Banca Naţională a României - Monede şi bancnote în circulaţie|url=http://www.bnr.ro/Monede-si-bancnote-in-circulatie-724.aspx|website=www.bnr.ro|accessdate=August 4, 2016|language=Romanian}}

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Category:Banknotes of Romania Category:Two-hundred-base-unit banknotes

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