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50 Lei Dimitrie Cantemir
| Issuer | Banca Națională a Moldovei |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Leu (1993-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova at center, depicting an eagle displayed holding an olive branch and a sceptre, with a shield on its breast charged with the traditional Moldovan symbols including an aurochs head, star, rose, and crescent. The date '2003' appears in the upper field, flanked by two lozenge stops. The legend 'REPUBLICA' arcs along the left periphery and 'MOLDOVA' along the right periphery. The lower portion of the field is separated by a horizontal line, below which the denomination '50 LEI' is prominently inscribed in large raised numerals and lettering against a mirrored proof field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a draped bust of Dimitrie Cantemir facing slightly left, rendered in high relief with elaborate period attire and a long curled wig in the Baroque manner befitting his early 18th-century stature as Prince of Moldavia and polymath scholar. To the left of the effigy, the birth and death years '1673' and '1723' are inscribed in two lines. To the right, an open scroll inscribed 'DESCRIPTIO MOLDAVIAE', referencing Cantemir's seminal geographical and historical treatise, is depicted alongside a laurel branch above. The curved legend 'DIMITRIE CANTEMIR' runs along the lower periphery in decorative Gothic-style lettering, flanked by lozenge stops. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1673 1723 DIMITRIE CANTEMIR |
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