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100 Lei 20 years of national currency
| Issuer | Banca Națională a Moldovei |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears the legend 'BANCA NAȚIONALĂ A MOLDOVEI' engraved across the upper portion. On the left, a portrait effigy of Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt (Stephen the Great and Holy) is depicted. A diagonal national ornamental motif traverses the field vertically. At the base, a circular cartouche encloses the victory symbol 'V' accompanied by the inscription 'PE-UN PICIOR DE PLAI, PE-O GURA DE RAI...'. On the right side, the commemorative legend '20 de ani de la introducerea monedei naționale în Republica Moldova' is engraved. |
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Moldova introduced its national currency, the leu, in November 1993 as a replacement for the Soviet-era ruble — itself already a stopgap cupon that had circulated only since 1992. The transition came during a period of acute economic contraction, with GDP having fallen by roughly half since independence. Issuing a commemorative two decades later was as much an assertion of institutional continuity as anything else, given the National Bank had been operating without interruption through some of the region's more turbulent monetary episodes.
KM#114 was struck at a reported mintage low enough to make it genuinely scarce in secondary markets outside Moldova.