The National Bank of Romania will put into circulation on August 27, 2019 for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – King Ferdinand I, the Unifier.
Obverse of the gold coin: images of King Ferdinand I’s and Queen Maria’s first visit to Transylvania united to the Motherland, namely in Oradea, on 23 May 1919, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “500 LEI”, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2019”.
Obverse of the brass collector coin: images of King Ferdinand I’s and Queen Maria’s first visit to Transylvania united to the Motherland, namely in Oradea, on 23 May 1919, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “50 BANI”, the coat of arms of Romania, the year of issue “2019” and the letter “N” inscribed in a circle, as a distinctive sign of the collector coin.
Obverse of the brass circulation coin: images of King Ferdinand I’s and Queen Maria’s first visit to Transylvania united to the Motherland, namely in Oradea, on 23 May 1919, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “50 BANI”, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2019”.
Reverse (common to all coins): the portrait of King Ferdinand I and the inscriptions “FERDINAND I” and “INTREGITORUL” in an arc.
The mintage is:
- 500 gold coins;
- 50,000 brass collector coins;
- 5,000,000 brass circulation coins.
The gold and brass collector coins and the circulation coins dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – King Ferdinand I, the Unifier are legal tender on the territory of Romania.
The gold and brass collector coins dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – King Ferdinand I, the Unifier will be put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Timişoara.
The circulation coins dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – King Ferdinand I, the Unifier will be put into circulation through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Timişoara, when making cash payments to credit institutions/the State Treasury.
Translated by BNR
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