Catalog
50 Bani
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The Moldovan state coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a displayed eagle with a cross in its beak and holding an olive branch in its dexter talon and a sceptre in the sinister, with an escutcheon on its breast charged with the traditional symbols of the auroch head, star, crescent, and rose. Two oak branches frame the shield beneath the eagle. The circular legend REPUBLICA MOLDOVA runs along the upper periphery in Latin script. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA MOLDOVA |
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| Additional information |
Moldova's first coin series, issued in 1993, accompanied the leu's introduction as the country replaced the cupon — a transitional currency that had itself only replaced Soviet rubles two years prior. The aluminium composition was a practical necessity: the newly independent state had neither the hard currency reserves nor the industrial infrastructure to source cupro-nickel in meaningful quantities. Aluminium was cheap, available, and fast.
The KM#4 series has seen no significant die varieties documented in major references.