Numismatic issue - a silver coin dedicated to the anniversary of 300 years since construction works started on Antim Monastery of Bucharest
01.03.2013
Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, on 4 March 2013, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a silver coin dedicated to the anniversary of 300 years since construction works started on Antim Monastery of Bucharest.
The coin has the following characteristics:
- Face value: lei 10
- Metal: silver
- Fineness: 999‰
- Shape: round
- Diameter: 37 mm
- Weight: 31.103 g
- Quality: proof
- Edge: milled
Obverse: architectural details of Antim Monastery in Bucharest: a part of the cross gable and the rose window; Romania’s coat of arms, the face value “10 LEI” and the year of issue “2013; “ROMANIA” inscribed in an arc.
Reverse: the image of Antim Monastery Church in Bucharest, the portrait of founder Antim Ivireanul, the year “1713” when construction works started; “MANASTIREA ANTIM”, “BUCURESTI” and “SFANTUL IERARH ANTIM IVIREANUL” inscribed in an arc.
The silver coins are 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 of this numismatic issue is 500.
The selling price per silver coin, including the leaflet, is lei 370.00 excluding VAT.
The silver coin dedicated to the anniversary of 300 years since construction works started on Antim Monastery of Bucharest is legal tender on the territory of Romania.
These silver coins will be put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Timişoara.