Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, on 28 December 2020, the National Bank of Romania put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a gold coin to mark 160 years since the birth of General Ioan Dragalina.
The coins have the following characteristics:
| Technical characteristics |
Coin |
| Metal/Face value |
gold/lei 100 |
| Fineness |
900‰ |
| Shape |
round |
| Diameter |
21 mm |
| Weight |
6.452 g |
| Quality |
proof |
| Edged |
milled |
| Obverse |
 |
| Reverse |
 |
Obverse: the monument dedicated to General Ioan Dragalina in Caransebeș, the general’s birthplace, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “100 LEI”, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2020”.
Reverse: the portrait and name of General Ioan Dragalina, together with the inscription “1860-1916”, his birth and death years.
The gold coins, housed in transparent plastic capsules, will be 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 maximum mintage of this numismatic issue is 500 gold coins.
The selling price for the gold coin, including the presentation leaflet, is lei 2,300.00, VAT excluded.
The gold coins dedicated to 160 years since the birth of General Ioan Dragalina are legal tender on the territory of Romania.
The gold coins dedicated to 160 years since the birth of General Ioan Dragalina will be put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Craiova, Iaşi and Timişoara.
Information on how to purchase the coins can be found on the National Bank of Romania’s website, in the Numismatics section.