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500 Lei Centenary of Romanian Numismatic Society
| Issuer | National Bank of Romania |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Third leu (1952-2005) |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a right-facing helmeted female bust, allegorical of numismatics or Minerva, wearing a crested helmet adorned with acanthus leaves, rendered in high sculptural relief against a mirror-polished field. To the left of the bust stands a flaming torch on a pedestal. The curved legend 'CENTENARUL SOCIETATII NUMISMATICE ROMANE' arcs across the upper portion of the coin, while the centenary dates '1903-2003' appear in the lower exergue flanked by small decorative ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTENARUL SOCIETATII NUMISMATICE ROMANE 1903-2003 |
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The Romanian Numismatic Society was founded in 1903, making this 2003 issue a centenary commemoration of one of the older national numismatic organizations in southeastern Europe. The Society played an active role in cataloguing Romanian coinage through the interwar period, when the political volatility of the region made systematic numismatic documentation a genuinely difficult undertaking.