Catalog
50 Lei Călărăşăuca Monastery
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | At center, the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova is displayed in relief within the field. The date '2000' appears in the upper portion of the coin, while the denomination '50 LEI' is inscribed along the lower portion. Surrounding the design, the circular legend 'REPUBLICA MOLDOVA' is engraved in block letters following the coin's circumference. |
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| Reverse lettering | MĂNĂSTIREA CĂLĂRĂŞĂUCA (Translation: CĂLĂRĂŞĂUCA MONASTERY) |
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Călărășăuca Monastery, perched above the Dniester in northern Moldova, dates to the seventeenth century and survived Soviet suppression only by being repurposed as a psychiatric hospital during the communist period — a fate shared by many Orthodox religious sites across the USSR. It was returned to the church following Moldovan independence in 1991, and this coin was issued less than a decade into that restoration, part of the National Bank's broader series commemorating the country's ecclesiastical and cultural heritage during a period of intense national identity-building.