On 17 October 2011, the National Bank of Romania will issue, for numismatic purposes, a mint set with the year of issue 2011, including a silver medal, dedicated to the 125th anniversary since the start of the construction works on the Romanian Athenaeum.
The mint set will include the proof quality Romanian coins in circulation: ban 1, bani 5, bani 10, bani 50 and bani 50 commemorative coins (featuring aviator Aurel Vlaicu and ruler Mircea the Elder), as well as a silver medal.
The silver medal has the following characteristics:
- metal: silver
- fineness: 800‰
- shape: round
- diameter: 28 mm
- weight: 15.5 g
- quality: proof
- edge: flat
Obverse: the building of Romanian Athenaeum, the years of its construction “1886” and “1888”, the year of the issue “2011” and the inscriptions in an arc “ATENEUL ROMAN” and “BUCURESTI”.
Reverse: the stage area of the main hall of the Romanian Athenaeum, a piano keyboard and a violin; on the outer ring, the inscription in an arc “125 DE ANI DE LA INCEPEREA CONSTRUCTIEI”.
Both the medal and the coins in the set are of proof quality.
The mint set comes in the form of a leaflet, in a case, with special recesses for each piece.
The mintage approved for this issue is 1,000.
The selling price per set is lei 200.00, VAT excluded.
The mint set with the year of issue 2011, including a silver medal, dedicated to the 125th anniversary since the start of the construction works on the Romanian Athenaeum, will be put into circulation through the branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Timişoara.