Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, as of 18 March 2019, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a gold coin and a brass collector coin dedicated to 550 years since the consecration of the Putna Monastery’s church
The coins have the following technical characteristics:
| Technical characteristics |
Coin |
Collector coin |
| Metal |
gold |
brass Cu80Zn15Ni5 |
| Face value |
lei 100 |
bani 50 |
| Fineness |
900‰ |
- |
| Shape |
round |
round |
| Diameter |
21 mm |
23,75 mm |
| Weight |
6.452 g |
6.1 g |
| Rim |
- |
1.9 mm |
| Quality |
proof |
proof |
| Edge |
milled |
“ROMANIA” inscribed twice, with an asterisk separating the inscriptions |
Obverse of the gold coin: an image of the Putna Monastery’s church, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “100 LEI”, the coat of arms of Romania, the inscription “PUTNA” and the year of issue “2019”.
Obverse of the brass collector coin: an image of the Putna Monastery’s church, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “50 Bani”, the coat of arms of Romania, the inscription “PUTNA” and the year of issue “2019”.
Reverse (common to the gold coin and the brass collector coin): the portrait of ruler Ștefan cel Mare and the inscription “STEFAN CEL MARE” in an arc.
The gold and brass collector coins are individually housed in transparent plastic capsules and are accompanied by leaflets featuring a presentation of the numismatic issue in Romanian, English and French. Each leaflet comes with a certificate of authenticity bearing the signatures of the Governor and the Chief Cashier of the National Bank of Romania.
The mintage is:
- 500 gold coins;
- 10,000 brass collector coins
The selling prices are:
- lei 1,815, VAT excluded, for the gold coin, including the leaflet;
- lei 10, VAT excluded, for the brass collector coin with face value of bani 50.
The gold and brass collector coins, dedicated to 550 years since the consecration of the Putna Monastery’s church, , are legal tender on the territory of Romania.
The gold and brass collector coins dedicated to 550 years since the consecration of the Putna Monastery’s church will be put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iași and Timișoara.