Paeonia peregrina, the wild peony native to southeastern Europe and the Balkans, holds particular significance in Moldovan botanical heritage as one of the rarer protected species documented in the country's Red Book of endangered flora. Moldova issued this coin as part of a broader series honoring indigenous plant species under conservation pressure — a program that ran through the 2010s and drew on collaboration with the country's environmental protection agencies.
The .999 fineness places it among Moldova's higher-purity silver issues of the decade.
Paeonia peregrina, the wild peony native to southeastern Europe and the Balkans, holds particular significance in Moldovan botanical heritage as one of the rarer protected species documented in the country's Red Book of endangered flora. Moldova issued this coin as part of a broader series honoring indigenous plant species under conservation pressure — a program that ran through the 2010s and drew on collaboration with the country's environmental protection agencies.
The .999 fineness places it among Moldova's higher-purity silver issues of the decade.