| Denomination: | Five hundred lei |
| Country: | Romania |
| Value: | 500 |
| Unit: | Romanian leu |
| Width Mm: | 153 |
| Height Mm: | 82 |
| Security Features: | watermark, security thread, transparent window, microprinting, blacklight printing, micro perforations, latent writing, EURion constellation, colour-changing ink, ultraviolet ink, security thread, serial number |
| Paper Type: | polymer |
| Years Of Printing: | since 2005 |
| Obverse: | 500 lei. Romania, 2005 a.jpg |
| Obverse Design: | Mihai Eminescu, Tilia, writing instruments (feather and ink cartridge) |
| Obverse Designer: | National Bank of Romania |
| Obverse Design Date: | 2005 |
| Reverse: | 500 lei. Romania, 2005 b.jpg |
| Reverse Design: | University of Iași Library, Timpul newspaper |
| Reverse Designer: | National Bank of Romania |
| Reverse Design Date: | 2005 |
The five hundred lei banknote is the highest of the circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 200 Euro banknote.
The main color of the banknote is gray. It pictures, on the obverse poet Mihai Eminescu, and on the reverse the University of Iași Library, and the front page of the Timpul newspaper.
In the past, the denomination was also in the coin form, as follows:
First leu (1867-1947)
Second leu (1947-1952)
Third leu - ROL (1952-2005)
Fourth leu - RON (since 2005)