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50 Lei Alexandru Donici
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
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| Reverse description | A forward-facing draped bust of Alexandru Donici, the Moldovan fabulist and poet, is centrally portrayed in high relief, depicted with a bald head, side-parted hair at the temples, a moustache, and a bow tie. To the lower left, a ribbon scroll bears the birth year '1806', while a second scroll at the lower centre carries the death year '1865'; to the lower right, an open book with illustrated pages alludes to his literary legacy. The legend '* ALEXANDRU DONICI *' arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised letters, with ornamental star devices flanking the name at the nine and three o'clock positions, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse lettering | * ALEXANDRU DONICI * 1806 1865 |
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Alexandru Donici (1806–1865) was Moldova's foremost fabulist, adapting Aesop and La Fontaine into Romanian verse while simultaneously serving as a magistrate — a dual career that gave his moral fables an unusually litigious edge. This issue appeared in 2006 to mark the bicentennial of his birth, part of the National Bank of Moldova's ongoing commemorative program celebrating figures largely unknown outside Romanian-language literary circles.