The National Bank of Romania Printing Works

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FOR OVER 140 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN PRINTING VALUE

Banknotes, documents and other securities

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Design and Pre-Press

Design and Pre-Press

The National Bank of Romania Printing Works has performant pre-press equipment at its disposal...
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Intaglio Print

Intaglio Print

The National Bank of Romania Printing Works owns the necessary technology for banknotes printing...
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Offset Print

Offset Print

This printing technique is characterized by uniform distribution of ink...
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Micro-perforation

Micro-perforation

The National Bank of Romania Printing Works has the needed equipment at its disposal which allow laser micro-perforations.
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Finishing and Quality Control

Finishing and Quality Control

Quality control is made for each phase of the production process, starting with the print preparation, acquisition of raw material...
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Production Security

Production Security

As stated in the applicable legal regulations, the National Bank of Romania Printing Works uses a secured control system...
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„… tipărirea [bancnotelor] în țară, sub ochii și privegherea Băncei… ar fi cea mai înțeleaptă măsură.”

Semnatura Eugeniu Carada
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Eugeniu Carada - Fondator IBNR
1881
First banknotes were printed in the printing house.
1896
It was printed first Romanian banknote using two colours.
1915
Small nominal value like 1 leu and 2 lei were printed in order to compensate the of absence coins during the war.
1929
New 100 lei banknotes were printed on paper with 5 watermark elements.
1937
A part of the watermark paper used for the NBR banknotes started to be purchased from Romania.
1943
The paper used for 2.000 lei banknotes printing had watermark and coloured fibres.
1947
It was printed 5.000.000 lei banknote, the highest nominal value issued in Romania.
1952
After the monetary reform, new banknotes were issued by ”Banca Republicii Populare Romana – Banca de Stat”.
1966
New banknotes were printed with the new official name of the state “Republica Socialista Romania”.
1991
The 500 lei banknote was printed, the first one to be issued by the NBR after the 1989 Revolution.
2001
We was the first printing house in Europe who produced banknotes on polymer support.
2007
It was inaugurated the new headquarters of National Bank of Romania Printing Works.
2011
An anniversary note dedicated to E. Carada was printed, in order to celebrate 130 years from the first print of a banknote issued by the NBR.
2018
The collector banknote dedicated to 100 years since The Great Union on December 1918, was printed.
2019
The collector banknote dedicated to the completion of The Great Union - Ion I. C. Bratianu, was printed.
2021
The 20 lei note, the first legal tender Romanian banknote which features a female personality, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, was printed.
2021
The collector banknote - Polymer replica of the first lei 20 banknote issued by The National Bank of Romania in 1881, was printed.
2021
An anniversary note was printed to celebrate 140 years since the printing of the first banknotes at the Printing House in Bucharest.

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