One leu

The current one leu banknote is the smallest circulating denomination af the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 5 Euro banknote.

The main color of the current banknote is green. It pictures, on the obverse Prime-minister and historian Nicolae Iorga, and on the reverse the Curtea de Argeş Cathedral, which suffered a massive restoration under his Government, and a crossed eagle, the Wallachian traditional heraldic element.