10 Lei Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Romania joined the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006, among the earlier European signatories to a treaty that had only opened for ratification in 2003. The National Bank of Romania has issued commemorative silver pieces tied to UNESCO cultural themes with some regularity, making this a continuation of an established program rather than an isolated issue.

The .999 fineness places it in the bank's standard modern commemorative specification — one troy ounce of fine silver, a format that has become the international default for numismatic issues of this type since the 1980s.