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50 Lei Annunciation Church from Chisinau
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 50 Lei |
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| Obverse description | At center, the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova rendered in detail within the field. The date of issue '2010' appears in the upper portion of the coin, while the denomination '50 LEI' is inscribed along the lower portion. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA MOLDOVA' runs along the coin's circumference in incuse block lettering. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued as part of Moldova's ongoing Orthodox sacred architecture series, this coin commemorates the Annunciation Church in Chișinău, one of the city's older surviving Orthodox structures. Moldova has used its numismatic program aggressively since independence to assert a distinct national cultural identity separate from both Romanian and Soviet narratives — the choice of ecclesiastical subjects reflects the outsized role the Orthodox Church played in cultural continuity through the Soviet period, when many Moldovan churches were shuttered, repurposed, or demolished.
KM#59 was struck at a low mintage typical of the series, aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation.