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50 Lei Ion Druță
| Issuer | National Bank of Moldova |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a stylised artistic composition commemorating Moldovan writer Ion Druță on the occasion of his 90th birthday. At center, a helmeted figure or symbolic form emerges from a decorative floral motif rendered in a modern illustrative style, with a cross rising prominently above. The curved legend ION DRUȚĂ arcs across the upper field, with two small decorative stars flanking it on either side. Below the central design, the inscription 90 DE ANI DE LA NAȘTERE is arranged in two lines across the lower field. A facsimile of Ion Druță's signature appears beneath the central vignette. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ion Druță, the Moldovan writer this coin commemorates, spent decades in a complicated relationship with Soviet cultural authorities — celebrated enough to be published, yet repeatedly pressured over works deemed insufficiently ideological. He relocated to Moscow in 1969, where he remained for much of his career, a fact that still generates quiet debate in Moldova about the nature of his exile.
The National Bank of Moldova has issued commemorative silver pieces of this specification in relatively small mintages, typically under 500 pieces, making KM#162 a genuinely scarce modern issue rather than a bullion-adjacent release.