50 Lei Alexandru Plămădeală

Alexandru Plămădeală (1888–1940) was one of Moldova's most significant sculptors, trained in Odessa and later Paris, whose work defined much of the monumental public art in interwar Chișinău. This issue was struck to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth. The National Bank of Moldova has issued commemoratives in this weight and fineness class fairly consistently since the mid-1990s, typically through the Monetăria Statului in Bucharest, as Moldova has no domestic mint of its own.