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500 Lei Bishopric of Râmnic
| Issuer | National Bank of Romania |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#178 |
| Obverse description | At the top of the field, the Romanian coat of arms is prominently displayed, with the face value '500 LEI' and the circular legend 'ROMANIA' surrounding the design. Centered between two ornamental dividers, a three-line inscription reads 'SFANTA EPISCOPIE A RAMNICULUI CTITORITA SUB RADU CEL MARE (1495-1508)', flanked on either side by early Christian symbols — a fish and the Christogram — along with the mitre of the Bishopric of Râmnic. The date of issue '2003' appears in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the heraldic coat of arms of the Bishopric of Râmnic. Surrounding the central device, a circular inscription reads '500 ANI DE LA INFIINTAREA EPISCOPIEI RAMNICULUI', with the commemorative date range '1503-2003' flanked by two ornamental cross motifs, marking the 500th anniversary of the bishopric's founding. |
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Issued to mark the 600th anniversary of the Bishopric of Râmnic, one of the oldest episcopal sees in Wallachia, traditionally dated to 1403 under Mircea the Elder. The bishopric's scriptorium at Râmnicu Vâlcea became a significant center of early Romanian-language printing in the 18th century, producing liturgical texts that helped standardize written Romanian across the Orthodox principalities.