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50 Lei Bogdan the Founder
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 50 Lei |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a heraldic equestrian effigy of Bogdan I, founder of the Principality of Moldavia, rendered in a medieval seal-style relief. The crowned ruler is shown in three-quarter view astride a rearing horse, brandishing a raised sword in his right hand and bearing a shield charged with the Moldavian auroch's head device in his left. The image is derived from a historical princely seal of Bogdan I. The curved legend BOGDAN ÎNTEMEIETORUL arcs along the upper left periphery in raised Latin characters against the deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse lettering | BOGDAN ÎNTEMEIETORUL (Translation: BOGDAN THE FOUNDER) |
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Bogdan I founded the Principality of Moldavia around 1359 after leading a revolt against Hungarian suzerainty and crossing the Carpathians from Maramureș with a force of Vlach settlers. He ruled until roughly 1365, long enough to establish the principality's independence but not long enough to leave many datable records — which is why his exact dates remain contested among Romanian and Moldovan historians to this day.