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100 Lei 20 years since Proclamation of Independence
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 100 Lei |
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| Obverse description | The Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova occupies the central field, rendered in detail against a plain background. The year of issue '2011' appears in the upper portion of the field, while the denomination '100 LEI' is inscribed along the lower portion. The legend 'REPUBLICA MOLDOVA' encircles the design in block Latin capitals along the coin's periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 DE ANI DE LA PROCLAMAREA INDEPENDENŢEI REPUBLICII MOLDOVA (Translation: 20 years of independence of the Republic of Moldova) |
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Moldova declared independence from the Soviet Union on August 27, 1991, making 2011 the twentieth anniversary — though the country had spent much of the intervening decades navigating the unresolved Transnistria conflict and successive economic crises that left the leu among the weakest currencies in the former Soviet space. The National Bank issued this commemorative at a moment when Moldova remained the poorest country in Europe by most GDP measures, a fact that lends the celebratory framing a certain friction.
KM#63 was struck to one-troy-ounce fine silver spec, consistent with the Bank's broader commemorative program of the period.