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500 Lei Cotroceni Monastery
| Issuer | National Bank of Romania |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 500 Lei (500 ROL) |
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| Obverse description | At left, the denomination '500 LEI' and the date '2004' are inscribed alongside the Romanian coat of arms. The legend 'ROMANIA' is engraved vertically in the central field. At right, the belfry tower of the Cotroceni Monastery church is depicted in relief, rendered in a detailed architectural style characteristic of Romanian commemorative issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | MONUMENTE DE ARTA FEUDALA CRESTINA BISERICA MANASTIRII COTROCENI 1679-2004 |
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Issued to commemorate the Cotroceni Monastery, originally founded by Șerban Cantacuzino in 1679 and largely demolished under Ceaușescu in the 1980s to make way for the Presidential Palace complex that now occupies the site. The monastery church was spared, but the broader monastic complex was not. This coin appeared roughly two decades after that demolition — early enough that the destruction was still within living memory for much of the Romanian public.