The bank kept the design and the size and reworked the security: to the watermark and the thread it added microprinting, relief and features seen under ultraviolet light. The blue five: its back carries the Orhei church of St Dumitru, raised under Stephen the Great himself — the very ruler whose portrait is on the face.

The face carries the coat of arms of Moldova and the words «REPUBLICA MOLDOVA», a portrait of Stephen the Great, a multicoloured national ornament, the value in figures and words, the governor's facsimile signature, the line of the anthem «PE-UN PICIOR DE PLAI, PE-O GURĂ DE RAI...», the victory sign «V», the year, the series and the number. The back shows, in a frame, the Church of St Dumitru in Orhei, inscribed «BISERICA SF. DUMITRU DIN ORHEI»; beside it the coat of arms of Stephen the Great, a stylised Trajan's Column and Column of the Infinite with a crescent between them, and the name «BANCA NAŢIONALĂ A MOLDOVEI».

A note of the National Bank of Moldova — the modernised banknote of the 2015 issue. The most interesting security features are a shaded watermark with the portrait of Stephen the Great, seen against the light; a metallised thread carrying the text «BNM» that fluoresces under ultraviolet light; and a see-through register — held to the light the outline of the sun falls onto the crescent, and the «V» with the columns makes up the letter «M» for Moldova.

UNC condition means the note has never circulated: no folds, no wear, no soiling, even corners — just as it left the press.

Other banknotes of this country and issues on related themes can be found in the VPcoins catalogue.