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50 Lei Hîncu Monastery
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 50 Lei |
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| Obverse lettering | 2000 REPUBLICA MOLDOVA 50 LEI |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed view of Hîncu Monastery at center, rendered in relief against a naturalistic landscape setting with surrounding grounds. The inscription 'MĂNĂSTIREA HÎNCU' arcs along the upper circumference of the coin in raised block letters, identifying the depicted ecclesiastical monument. |
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Hîncu Monastery was founded in the 17th century by the Moldavian hatman Mihalcea Hîncu, reportedly after he witnessed a miraculous vision on the site. Suppressed under Soviet rule and converted to secular use for decades, it was returned to the Orthodox Church only after Moldovan independence in 1991 — making its appearance on a commemorative issue just nine years later a pointed statement about religious and cultural recovery.