500 Lei 2009 - The 190th anniversary of the birth of Nicolae Bălcescu


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General Description The 190th anniversary of the birth of Nicolae Bălcescu

Issue date: 30/12/2009
Obv. Description In the upper part: Romania’s coat of arms; below: the face value of the coin 500 LEI; in the lower part: inside a garland of laurel, a reproduction of the painting entitled România Revoluţionară (Revolutionary Romania) by Constantin Daniel Rosenthal.
Rev. Description To the left, in the foreground, the effigy of Nicolae Bălcescu taken from a painting by Gheorghe Tattarescu; to the right, in the background, partly covered by the effigy, a depiction of a group of 1848 revolutionaries from the aquarelle by Costache Petrescu and the years “1819” and “2009”; inscribed in the outer ring are the legends “DREPTATE FRATIE UNITATE” (Justice, Brotherhood, Unity) in the upper part and “NICOLAE BALCESCU” in the lower part.
Mintage Proof 500
Diameter 35.00 mm
Weight 31.1030 g
Material Gold 0.999
Mint Romania - Bucharest
Edge Type plain
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