{"id":217893,"date":"2018-11-26T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T13:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=217893"},"modified":"2018-11-26T15:49:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T13:49:07","slug":"nbr-numismatic-issues-launched-to-mark-100-years-since-the-great-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/nbr-numismatic-issues-launched-to-mark-100-years-since-the-great-union\/","title":{"rendered":"NBR: Numismatic issues launched to mark 100 years since the Great Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 26 November, the National Bank of Romania will put into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnr.ro\/page.aspx?prid=15516\">circulation<\/a> a gold coin, a silver coin, and a brass collector coin for numismatic purposes, along with a brass commemorative circulation coin, dedicated to the anniversary of\u00a0100 years since the Great Union on 1 December 1918.<\/p>\n<p>The coins have the following technical characteristics:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obverse of the gold coin:<\/strong>\u00a0an image depicting the Great Union in Alba Iulia, on 1 December 1918; the inscriptions \u201cROMANIA\u201d and \u201cMAREA ADUNARE DE LA ALBA IULIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c500 LEI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue \u201c2018\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obverse of the silver coin:<\/strong>\u00a0an image depicting the Great Union in Alba Iulia, on 1 December 1918; the inscriptions \u201cROMANIA\u201d and \u201cMAREA ADUNARE DE LA ALBA IULIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c10 LEI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue \u201c2018\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obverse of the brass collector coin:<\/strong>\u00a0an image depicting the Great Union in Alba Iulia, on 1 December 1918; the inscriptions \u201cROMANIA\u201d and \u201cMAREA ADUNARE DE LA ALBA IULIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c50 BANI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania, the year of issue \u201c2018\u201d, and the letter \u201cN\u201d inscribed in a circle, as a distinctive sign of the collector coin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Obverse of the brass circulation coin:<\/strong>\u00a0an image depicting the Great Union in Alba Iulia, on 1 December 1918; the inscriptions \u201cROMANIA\u201d and \u201cMAREA ADUNARE DE LA ALBA IULIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c50 BANI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue \u201c2018\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reverse (common to all coins made of gold, silver and brass):<\/strong>\u00a0the portraits of \u0218tefan Cicio-Pop, Gheorghe Pop de B\u0103se\u0219ti, Iuliu Maniu, Vasile Goldi\u0219 and Iuliu Hossu, prominent figures who helped accomplish the Great Union; the inscription \u201c100 DE ANI DE LA MAREA UNIRE\u201d in an arc and the date of the celebrated event \u201c1 DECEMBRIE 1918\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The mintage is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>200 gold coins;<\/li>\n<li>200 silver coins;<\/li>\n<li>5,000 brass collector coins with face value of bani 50;<\/li>\n<li>1,000,000 brass circulation coins with face value of bani 50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The gold, silver and brass collector coins and the brass commemorative circulation coins, dedicated to the anniversary of\u00a0<em>100 years since the Great Union on 1 December 1918<\/em>, are legal tender on the territory of Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The gold, silver and brass collector coins dedicated to the anniversary of\u00a0<em>100 years since the Great Union on 1 December 1918<\/em>\u00a0will be put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Ia\u015fi and Timi\u015foara.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: NBR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 26 November, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation a gold coin, a silver coin, and a brass collector coin for numismatic purposes, along with a brass commemorative circulation coin, dedicated to the anniversary of\u00a0100 years since the Great Union on 1 December 1918. 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