A dual panel-type active matrix organic electroluminescent device includes: first and second substrates spaced apart from each other; a driving thin film transistor on an inner surface of the first substrate; a connection electrode layer connected to the driving thin film transistor and formed of a first conductive material having a first hardness; a first electrode on an inner surface of the second substrate; an organic electroluminescent layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the organic electroluminescent layer, the second electrode connected to the connection electrode layer and formed of a second conductive material having a second hardness, wherein the first hardness is different from the second hardness.