{"id":248215,"date":"2019-08-16T18:35:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=248215"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:36:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T15:36:45","slug":"king-ferdinand-on-the-romanian-national-currency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/king-ferdinand-on-the-romanian-national-currency\/","title":{"rendered":"King Ferdinand on the Romanian national currency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The National Bank of Romania will put into circulation on\u00a0August 27, 2019 for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the\u00a0Completion of the Great Union \u2013 King Ferdinand I, the Unifier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obverse of the gold coin:\u00a0images of King Ferdinand I\u2019s and Queen Maria\u2019s first visit to Transylvania united to the Motherland, namely in Oradea, on 23 May 1919, the inscription \u201cROMANIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c500 LEI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue \u201c2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Obverse of the brass collector coin:\u00a0images of King Ferdinand I\u2019s and Queen Maria\u2019s first visit to Transylvania united to the Motherland, namely in Oradea, on 23 May 1919, the inscription \u201cROMANIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c50 BANI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania, the year of issue \u201c2019\u201d and the letter \u201cN\u201d inscribed in a circle, as a distinctive sign of the collector coin.<\/p>\n<p>Obverse of the brass circulation coin:\u00a0images of King Ferdinand I\u2019s and Queen Maria\u2019s first visit to Transylvania united to the Motherland, namely in Oradea, on 23 May 1919, the inscription \u201cROMANIA\u201d in an arc, the face value \u201c50 BANI\u201d, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue \u201c2019\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Reverse (common to all coins):\u00a0the portrait of King Ferdinand I and the inscriptions \u201cFERDINAND I\u201d and \u201cINTREGITORUL\u201d in an arc.<\/p>\n<p>The mintage is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>500 gold coins;<\/li>\n<li>50,000 brass collector coins;<\/li>\n<li>5,000,000 brass circulation coins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The gold and brass collector coins and the circulation coins dedicated to the\u00a0<em>Completion of the Great Union &#8211; King Ferdinand I, the Unifier\u00a0<\/em>are legal tender on the territory of Romania.<\/p>\n<p>The gold and brass collector coins dedicated to the\u00a0<em>Completion of the Great Union &#8211; King Ferdinand I, the Unifier\u00a0<\/em>will 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>The circulation coins dedicated to the\u00a0<em>Completion of the Great Union &#8211; King Ferdinand I, the Unifier\u00a0<\/em>will be put into circulation through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Ia\u015fi and Timi\u015foara, when making cash payments to credit institutions\/the State Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>Translated by BNR<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy: BNR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Bank of Romania will put into circulation on\u00a0August 27, 2019 for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the\u00a0Completion of the Great Union \u2013 King Ferdinand I, the Unifier. 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