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50 Lei Constantin Negruzzi
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#159 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2018 - Proof - 200 |
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Constantin Negruzzi is best remembered for "Alexandru Lăpușneanu," an 1840 historical novella drawn from the Moldavian chronicles of Grigore Ureche — widely considered the first significant work of Romanian-language prose fiction. Born in 1808 near Iași, he spent much of his life in what is now Romanian territory, which makes his appearance on a Moldovan commemorative a deliberate act of cultural reclamation, asserting a shared literary heritage across a politically divided Moldovan-Romanian identity.
The National Bank of Moldova has issued similar silver commemoratives honoring writers and cultural figures in small, collector-directed mintages with limited secondary market depth.