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50 Lei Grigore Ureche
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#31 |
| Obverse description | At center, the national coat of arms of Moldova is depicted, featuring a displayed eagle holding a cross in its beak, an olive branch in its right talon, and a scepter in its left talon, with a shield on its breast charged with the traditional Moldovan auroch head, star, rose, and crescent motifs. The field is divided horizontally by a fine line, with the denomination '50 LEI' inscribed in large characters in the lower segment. The legend 'REPUBLICA' curves along the left periphery and 'MOLDOVA' along the right, with the date '2005' positioned at the top of the coin between two dashes. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Grigore Ureche was the 17th-century Moldavian chronicler whose Letopisețul Țării Moldovei remains the earliest surviving prose chronicle of the Moldavian principality, covering the period from the founding of the state through 1594. He is also the source of the oft-quoted observation that Moldavians, Wallachians, and Transylvanians share Latin origins — a claim that became politically loaded across several centuries of Romanian national formation.
Moldova issued several silver commemoratives in this KM#31 series honoring cultural figures, part of a broader post-independence effort to establish a distinct Moldovan historical identity separate from Romanian nationalist narratives — an irony given Ureche's own role in pan-Romanian cultural arguments.