Silver inner part - the lyre of poetry, the year of issue `2002` engraved vertically and Romania`s Coat of Arms. Gold outer part - above, the inscription `ROMANIA` and below the face value `2000 LEI`, both engraved circularly.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
2002
ROMANIA
2000 LEI
Reverse description
Silver inner part - portrait of the writer Ion Heliade Rădulescu. Gold outer part - the years of birth `1802` and death `1872` and the inscription `ION HELIADE RADULESCU` engraved circularly; below, the facsimile of the writer`s signature.
