History and Voices
of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria

Conversion of Romanian Tender

Following is an official table of the Romanian tender -- the lei - to the value of the US $ extracted from R. L. Bidwell, Currency Conversion Tables, London: R. Collings, 1970, p 41-42.

January 1930	168.31	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1931	168.31	lei to 1 U.S. $
October 1931	169.23	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1932	166.67	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1933	169.64	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1934	109.00	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1935	98.38	lei to 1 U.S. $
August 1935	126.77	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1936	141.26	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1937	140.78	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1938	140.12	lei to 1 U.S. $
January 1938	140.12	lei to 1 U.S. $
There are no exchange rates available during the war.
February 1947	150,195	lei to 1 U.S. $
March 1947	225,195	lei to 1 U.S. $
June 1947	650,188	lei to 1 U.S. $
In July 1947 there was a revaluation of the leu.
August 1947	150.00	lei to 1 U.S. $
The above rate continued until October 1949, when the lei was linked to the ruble and revalued again.
February 1952	11.20	lei to 1 U.S. $

[ Index ]

Home ·  Funding ·  Site Map ·  What's New? · 
Make Nizkor your home page

Custom Holocaust Site Search

© The Nizkor Project, 1991-2009

This site is intended for educational purposes to teach about the Holocaust and to combat hatred. Any statements or excerpts found on this site are for educational purposes only.

As part of these educational purposes, Nizkor may include on this website materials, such as excerpts from the writings of racists and antisemites. Far from approving these writings, Nizkor condemns them and provides them so that its readers can learn the nature and extent of hate and antisemitic discourse. Nizkor urges the readers of these pages to condemn racist and hate speech in all of its forms and manifestations.