Romania's golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) had been functionally extirpated from most of its historic Carpathian range by the late Soviet period, making this 2002 issue part of a broader WWF-affiliated conservation awareness program that the National Bank ran through several wildlife-themed silver strikes in the early 2000s. Mintages were kept deliberately low for the series.
Romania's golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) had been functionally extirpated from most of its historic Carpathian range by the late Soviet period, making this 2002 issue part of a broader WWF-affiliated conservation awareness program that the National Bank ran through several wildlife-themed silver strikes in the early 2000s. Mintages were kept deliberately low for the series.