Commemorative coins of Romania
Romania România | |
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ISO 3166 code | RO |
Commemorative coins in Romania are special coins minted by the State Mint and issued by the National Bank of Romania (the only issuer of the Romanian coins).
1906[edit]
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1906 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
1 leu | 23 mm | 5 g | Silver 835‰ | milled | Prince Carol as he appeared in 1866 | King Carol as he appeared in 1906 | 1906 | proof and circulated | 2,500,000 | 40 years since the accession to the throne of King Carol I | |||
5 lei | 200,000 | ||||||||||||
12 ½ lei | Gold 900‰ | Crowned aquilla and motto: "PRIN STATORNICIE LA ISBÎNDĂ" | 32,000 | ||||||||||
20 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Prince Carol as he appeared in 1866 | 15,000 | |||||||||
25 lei | Crowned aquilla and motto: "PRIN STATORNICIE LA ISBÎNDĂ" | 24,000 | |||||||||||
50 lei | Princa Carol riding a horse | 28,000 | |||||||||||
100 lei | Prince Carol as he appeared in 1866 | 3,000 | |||||||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
1941[edit]
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1941 commemorative coin | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
500 lei | Silver | 1941 | Re-unification of Romania with Bessarabia | ||||||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
1944[edit]
Since there is no value given, some consider this a medal and not a coin. It respects all the technical specifications of a 20 lei gold coin in force at the time of issue.
1944 commemorative coin | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
20 lei | 21 mm | 6.55 g | Gold 900‰ | NIHIL SINE DEO | Michael the Brave, Ferdinand I, Michael I | Coats of arms of the counties in Northern Transylvania | 1944 | proof | up to 1,000,000 | Return to Romania of Northern Transylvania | |||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
1982 - 1983[edit]
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1982–1983 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
50 lei | Silver | state title, communist coat of arms, year of minting | "2050 · ANI · DE · LA · CREAREA · STATULUI · DAC · CENTRALIZAT · ȘI · INDEPENDENT · 1980", battle scene | 23 August 1983 | 2050 years since the creation of the centralised and independent Dacian state | ||||||||
100 lei | Silver | "2050 · ANI · DE · LA · CREAREA · STATULUI · DAC · CENTRALIZAT · ȘI · INDEPENDENT · 1980", Burebista | |||||||||||
500 lei | Gold | "2050 · ANI · DE · LA · CREAREA · STATULUI · DAC · CENTRALIZAT · ȘI · INDEPENDENT · 1980", battle scene | |||||||||||
1000 lei | Gold | "2050 · ANI · DE · LA · CREAREA · STATULUI · DAC · CENTRALIZAT · ȘI · INDEPENDENT · 1980", Burebista | |||||||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
1995[edit]
1995 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 24 mm | 4.65 g | Nickel-plated steel | smooth | 15 December 1995 | BU | 30,000 | 50 Years since the founding of FAO | |||||
23 mm | 30,000 | ||||||||||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27.50 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 30,000 | ||||||||
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1996[edit]
1996 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 23 mm | 4.65 g | Nickel-plated steel | smooth | 14 June 1996 | BU | 11,500 | 1996 UEFA European Football Championship | |||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | proof | 11,500 | |||||||
10 lei | 23 mm | 4.65 g | Nickel-plated steel | smooth | 31 July 1996 | BU | 19,600 | Centenary of the modern Olympic Games | 1996 Summer Olympics | ||||
19,600 | Surfing | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Canoe | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Swimming | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Yachting | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Kayak-Canoe | ||||||||||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | proof | 19,600 | Centenary of the modern Olympic Games | |||||||
19,600 | Surfing | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Canoe | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Swimming | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Yachting | ||||||||||||
19,600 | Kayak-Canoe | ||||||||||||
10 lei | 23 mm | 4.65 g | Nickel-plated steel | smooth | 11 November 1996 | BU | 50,000 | Conferinţa mondială F.A.O. Roma 1996 | |||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27.50 g | Silver 925‰ | proof | 5,000 | ||||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
1997[edit]
1997 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 24 April 1997 | proof | 5,000 | Half-centenary of UNICEF | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
1998[edit]
1998 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 19 February 1998 | proof | 13,500 | Bobsleigh | 1998 Winter Olympics | ||||
13,500 | Figure skating | ||||||||||||
13,500 | Slalom skiing | ||||||||||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 1 June 1996 | proof | 5,000 | 1998 FIFA World Cup | |||||
500 lei | 24 mm | 8.64 g | Gold 900‰ | smooth | 29 July 1996 | proof | 2,000 | 150 years since the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 | |||||
1,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | 1,000 | |||||||||
1,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 1 December 1998 | proof | 3,000 | Anniversary of the Great Union of 1 December 1918 | |||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 12 December 1998 | proof | 5,000 | Anniversary of the Independence of Romania | |||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 30 December 1998 | proof | 2,000 | Commemoration of 125 years since the death of Mitropolite Andrei Şaguna | |||||
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1999[edit]
1999 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 7 May 1999 | proof | 2,000 | Visit of Pope John Paul II in Romania | |||||
1,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | proof | 1,000 | |||||||
500 lei | 25 mm | 3.75 g | Magnesium – Aluminium alloy (AlMg3) | "ROMANIA ♦ ROMANIA ♦ ROMANIA ♦" | 11 August 1999 | BU | 3,000,000 | Total Solar eclipse of 11 August 1999 | |||||
proof | 3,000 | ||||||||||||
100 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 25 August 1999 | proof | 20,000 | 100 years since the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, with the participation of Emil Racoviţă | |||||
100 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 24 December 1999 | proof | 25,000 | Gold helmet from Poiana Coţofeneşti | History of gold | ||||
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2000[edit]
2000 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
2,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 24 April 2000 | proof | 1,500 | 150 years since the birth of Mihai Eminescu | |||||
5,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 1 August 2000 | proof | 1,500 | 400 years since the union of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia under the rule of Mihai Viteazul | |||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 27 g | Silver 925‰ | smooth | 2 October 2000 | proof | 1,000 | 600 years since Alexandru cel Bun was enthroned Domnitor of Moldavia | |||||
5,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 27 December 2000 | proof | 1,000 | 2000 years of Christianity | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2001[edit]
2001 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
5,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 15 March 2001 | proof | 500 | 125 years since the birth of the sculptor Constantin Brâncuși | |||||
1,000 lei | 27 mm | 15,5510 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 4 June 2001 | proof | 500 | 1900 years since the first Dacian War | |||||
50 lei | 111 mm, octagonal | 15,5510 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 31 August 2001 | proof | 500 | Traian Vuia | Romanian Aviation pioneers | ||||
500 | Henri Coandă | ||||||||||||
500 | Elie Carafoli | ||||||||||||
500 lei | octagonal, 9 mm each side | 6,22 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 20 December 2001 | proof | 250 | Pietroasele Treasure – Great fibulae (cloșca) | History of Gold | ||||
250 | Pietroasele Treasure – Middle fibulae (puii) | ||||||||||||
250 | Pietroasele Treasure – Dodecagonal bowl | ||||||||||||
250 | Pietroasele Treasure – Oenochoe bowl | ||||||||||||
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2002[edit]
2002 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
5,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 11 March 2002 | proof | 250 | 150 years since the birth of Ion Luca Caragiale | |||||
2,000 lei | 35 mm | 25 g | Ring: gold 999‰ Center: silver 999‰ |
milled | 27 May 2002 | proof | 500 | 200 years since the birth of Ion Heliade Rădulescu | |||||
50 lei | 27.71 mm, triangular | 15.5510 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 16 September 2002 | proof | 500 | Retezat National Park | National Parks and Reservations in Romania | ||||
500 | Pietrosul Mare | ||||||||||||
500 | Piatra Craiului | ||||||||||||
500 lei | square, 23.19 mm side length | 6.22 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 16 December 2002 | proof | 250 | Bistriţa Monastery | Medieval Christian Monuments | ||||
250 | Colţea Church | ||||||||||||
250 | Mogoşoaia Palace | ||||||||||||
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2003[edit]
2003 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
100 lei | 13.91 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 14 March 2003 | proof | 2,000 | Apahida vulture | History of gold | ||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | ornamental | 21 July 2003 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the birth of Ciprian Porumbescu | |||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 22 September 2003 | proof | 500 | 500 years since the founding of the Bishopyric of Râmnic | |||||
5,000 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | ornamental | 20 October 2003 | proof | 250 | 625 years since the construction of Bran Castle | |||||
50 lei | 27 mm | 15.5510 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 27 November 2003 | proof | 500 | Pelecanus crispus | international year of pure water – Danube Delta Reservation | ||||
500 | Egretta alba | ||||||||||||
500 | Alcedo atthis | ||||||||||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 31,1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 22 December 2003 | proof | 500 | Centenary of the Romanian Numismatic Society | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2004[edit]
2004 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
5,000 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 19 April 2004 | proof | 250 | 500 years since the death of Ştefan cel Mare | |||||
500 lei | 37 mm dodecagonal |
31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 5 July 2004 | proof | 500 | Cotroceni monastery church | Medieval Christian Monuments | ||||
500 | Trei Ierarhi Church, Iaşi | ||||||||||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 13 September 2004 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the birth of Anghel Saligny | |||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 27 September 2004 | proof | 500 | 140 years since the founding of the University of Bucharest | |||||
100 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 29 November 2004 | proof | 1,000 | Cantacuzinian engolpion | History of gold | ||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2005[edit]
2005 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
20 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | 1 January 2005 | proof | 250 | History of the Romanian coinage – replica of the first pol (equal to 20 lei) | |||||
koson | 20 mm | 8.50 g | Gold 999‰ | irregular | 21 February 2005 | proof | 250 | History of the Romanian coinage – replica of a koson (Dacian coin) | |||||
500 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 8 April 2005 | proof | 500 | 125 years since the founding of the National Bank of Romania | |||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 26 September 2005 | proof | 250 | 50 years since the death of George Enescu | |||||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 5 December 2005 | proof | 1,000 | Perşinari Treasure | History of gold | ||||
5 lei | 13.92 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 27 December 2005 | proof | 150 | 100 years since the birth of Grigore Vasiliu Birlic | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2006[edit]
2006 commemorative coins | ||||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | ||||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | |||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | smooth | 31 March 2006 | proof | 35 | 140 years since the founding of the Romanian Academy | ||||||
5 lei | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | 500 | |||||||||||
50 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 35 | ||||||||||
34.70 mm | 17.3490 g | Gold 900‰ | smooth | 19 May 2006 | proof | 250 | Coin/medal issued by Constantin Brâncoveanu in 1713 (replica) | |||||||
5 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 24 July 2006 | proof | 500 | The wooden church of Ieud-Deal | Medieval Christian Monuments | |||||
5 lei | 37 mm | 311030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 21 August 2006 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the Internationalization of the Danube River and the creation of the European Danube Commission | ||||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 4 September 2006 | proof | 250 | 350 years since the building of the Patriarchal Cathedral | ||||||
19 mm | 3.1570 g | Silver 999‰ | irregular | 18 September 2006 | BU | 500 | Denarius, Trajan | Replicas of Roman coinage | ||||||
20 mm | 7.2430 g | Gold 999‰ | 250 | Aureus, Trajan | ||||||||||
20 mm | 7.38 g | Gold 999‰ | 250 | Aureus, Hadrian | ||||||||||
33 mm | 24 g | Tombac | 500 | Sestertius, Trajan | ||||||||||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 16 October 2006 | proof | 500 | Cucuteni Băiceni Treasure | History of gold | |||||
5 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | smooth | 13 November 2006 | proof | 500 | Densuş Church | ||||||
5 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 11 December 2006 | proof | 500 | Nomination of Sibiu as European Capital of Culture in 2007 | ||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2007[edit]
2007 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 3 January 2007 | proof | 250 | Accession of Romania to the European Union | |||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 22 January 2007 | proof | 250 | Nicolae Bălcescu | |||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.25 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 26 March 2007 | proof | 250 | Centenary of the birth of Mircea Eliade | |||||
5 lei | 30 mm | 15.55 g | Silver 999‰ | 250 | |||||||||
10 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 999‰ | 250 | |||||||||
1 banu | 15 mm | 1.75 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 25 April 2007 | BU | 250 | Gold replicas of subdivisional coins from 1867 | |||||
2 bani | 20 mm | 3.50 g | 250 | ||||||||||
5 bani | 20 mm | 8.65 g | 250 | ||||||||||
10 bani | 30 mm | 17.2010 g | 250 | ||||||||||
10 centime | 30 mm | 10 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 25 April 2007 | BU | 250 | Replicas of coins designed during Alexandru Ioan Cuza; roman, divided in 100 centime. Planned in 1860, never issued. | |||||
5 romani | 27 mm | 25 g | Silver 925‰ | 250 | |||||||||
20 romani | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 250 | |||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 10 May 2007 | proof | 500 | 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome | |||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 18 June 2007 | proof | 250 | Dimitrie Cantemir | |||||
5 lei | 30 mm | 15.55 g | Silver 999‰ | 250 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 250 | |||||||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 2 July 2007 | proof | 250 | Ştefan cel Mare | |||||
5 lei | 30 mm | 15.55 g | Silver 999‰ | 250 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 250 | |||||||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 20 August 2007 | proof | 130 | 130th Anniversary of the Independence of Romania | |||||
5 lei | 30 mm | 15.5510 g | Silver 999‰ | 130 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 130 | |||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 3 September 2007 | proof | 500 | 150 years of Romanian petrol industry | |||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | 29 October 2007 | proof | 250 | 90 years since the victories of the Romanian Army at Mărăşti, Mărăşeşti şi Oituz | |||||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | 28 December 2007 | proof | 500 | The rhyton from Poroina | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2008[edit]
2008 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
1 leu | 37 mm | 25.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 3 March 2008 | proof | 1,000 | 2000 years since the exile of Ovid to Tomis | |||||
5 lei | 30 mm | 15.55 g | Silver 999‰ | 500 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 250 | |||||||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 28 March 2008 | proof | 500 | NATO summit of Bucharest | |||||
5 lei | 30 mm | 15.55 g | Silver 999‰ | 500 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | 500 | |||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 5 May 2008 | proof | 1,000 | 150 years since the first emission of Cap de Bour stamps | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 6 June 2008 | proof | 100 years since the birth of Costin Kiriţescu | ||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 7 July 2008 | proof | 500 | 500 years since the first printing on Romanian soil at Dealu Monastery | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 11 August 2008 | proof | 500 | 200 years since the birth of Simion Bărnuţiu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 20 October 2008 | proof | 500 | Brâncoveanu Monastery | Medieval Christian Monuments | ||||
500 | Voroneţ Monastery | ||||||||||||
500 | Cozia Monastery | ||||||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 27 October 2008 | proof | 500 | 80 years since the founding of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company | |||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.1030 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | Nominal value, year of issue, coat of arms of Romania, laurel wreath, "ROMANIA". | "NIHIL SINE DEO", Steel Crown of Romania, the years "1918" and "2008", "1 DECEMBRIE", laurel wreath | 28 November 2008 | proof | 3,000 | 90th anniversary of the Great Union of 1 December 1918 | 90th anniversary of the Great Union of 1 December 1918 | ||
20 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | Effigy of King Ferdinand I wearing a laurel wreath, "FERDINAND I REGELE ROMANILOR", 1922, name of the engraver, "R" standing for "replica". | middle coat of arms of The Kingdom of Romania, "ROMANIA", 1922 | BU | 500 | Replica of the 1922 golden coin | ||||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 24 December 2008 | proof | 500 | Hinova Treasure | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2009[edit]
2009 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 16 January 2009 | proof | 1,000 | 10 years since the founding of the EMU and the launching of the Euro | |||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.103 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 23 January 2009 | proof | 250 | 150 years since the Union of the Principalities | |||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.103 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | Stema României, anul de emisiune - 2009 şi valoarea nominală - 500 LEI, castelul Peleş într-o ghirlandă de laur şi inscripţia circulară "ROMANIA" | În centru, portretul regelui Carol I şi stema mare a regatului României, în stânga şi în dreapta anii 1839 şi 2009, iar la exterior, inscripţiile circulare "NIHIL SINE DEO" - sus şi "CAROL I REGE" - jos | 15 April 2009 | proof | 250 | 170 years since the birth of King Carol I | |||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 20 May 2009 | proof | 500 | 155 years since the birtgh of Alexandru Macedonski | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 24 June 2009 | proof | 500 | 650 years since the founding of the Metropolis of Wallachia | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 15 July 2009 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the founding of the National Office of Statistics by Alexandru Ioan Cuza | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 5 August 2009 | proof | 500 | 140 years since the inauguration of the first Romanian railroad Bucharest - Giurgiu | |||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.50 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 16 September 2009 | proof | 1,000 | Vlad Țepeș - 550 years since the first documentet mention of Bucharest | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | proof | 500 | ||||||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.103 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | proof | 250 | |||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 7 October 2009 | proof | 500 | 100 years since the founding of the Port of Constanţa | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 21 October 2009 | proof | 500 | 1900 years since the inauguration of the Adamclisi monument | |||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23,5 g | Copper-plated tombac | milled | 12 November 2009 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the founding of the Romanian General Staff | |||||
10 lei | 30 mm | 15.55 g | Silver 925‰ | 500 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Gold 999‰ | 250 | |||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 25 November 2009 | proof | 500 | Timișoara - the first European city with electric public illumination | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 16 December 2009 | proof | 500 | 300 years since the birth of bishop Petru Pavel Aron | |||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.5 g | Copper-plated tombac | smooth | 30 December 2009 | proof | 1,000 | 190 years since the birth of Nicolae Bălcescu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | 1,000 | |||||||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.103 g | Gold 999‰ | 500 | |||||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2010[edit]
2010 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.224 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | 10 February 2010 | proof | 500 | Gepidic treasure from Someşeni, Cluj | History of gold | ||||
500 lei | 35 mm | 31.103 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 12 April 2010 | proof | 500 | 160 years since the birth of Mihai Eminescu | |||||
1 leu | 37 mm | 23.5 g | Copper-plated tombac | smooth | Year of issue, the new National Bank Palace, Coat of arms of Romania, value, "ROMANIA" | Funding year (1880), the old National Bank Palace, bank's logo on a shield with ornaments, "130 ANI" "BANCA NATIONALA A ROMANIEI" | 30 April 2010 | proof | 1,500 | 130 years since the funding of the National Bank of Romania | |||
10 lei | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | 3,000 | ||||||||||
200 lei | 27 mm | 15.551 g | Gold 999‰ | 1,500 | |||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | 30 April 2010 | proof | 500 | Eugeniu Carada - founder of the National Bank | |||||
200 lei | 27 mm | 15.551 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | 14 June 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 125 years since the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church and 85 years since the founding of the Patriarchate | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | Patriarchal Palace, "PALATUL PATRIARHAL", "ROMANIA", nominal value - "10 LEI", coat of arms of Romania, year of issue "2010" | Portrait of the Patriarch, years of birth and death, coat of arms of the Romanian Patriarchy, "PATRIARHUL NAME LASTNAME" | 19 July 2010 | proof | 1,000 | Miron Cristea | Five silver coins set dedicated to the Patriarchs of All Romania | ||
Nicodim Munteanu | |||||||||||||
Justinian Marina | |||||||||||||
Iustin Moisescu | |||||||||||||
Teoctist Arăpaşu | |||||||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 30 July 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 150 years since the birth of soprano Hariclea Darclée | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 6 August 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 200 years since the birth of August Treboniu Laurian | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 16 August 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 100 years since the birth of actor Ştefan Ciobotăraşu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 11 October 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 100 years since the construction of the first jet engine aircraft by Henri Coandă | |||||
50 bani | 23.75 mm | 6.1 g | Copper 80%, Zinc 15%, Nickel 5% | ROMANIA * ROMANIA * | Value, coat of arms, "ROMANIA", year of minting | Aurel Vlaicu, 1910 (year of first Romanian flight), years of birth and death of Aurel Vlaicu | 25 October 2010 | BU | 100 years since the first Romanian flight made by Aurel Vlaicu, with a self-built machine | ||||
proof | 5,000 | ||||||||||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | "ROMANIA", coat of arms of Romania, "100 LEI", in a medallion the portrait of Queen Maria, "REGINA MARII UNIRI", laurel wreath | Portrait of Queen Maria wearing the 1925 coronation crown, year of birth "1875", year of issue of the coin "2010", "REGINA MARIA A ROMANIEI MARI" | 15 November 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 135 years since the birth of Queen Maria | |||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 29 November 2010 | proof | 1,000 | Grigore Alexandrescu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 10 December 2010 | proof | 1,000 | 125 years since the birth of Liviu Rebreanu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 20 December 2010 | proof | 500 | The old Palace of the National Bank of Romania | Palaces of Bucharest | ||||
Bucharest Palace of Justice | |||||||||||||
Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture and Bucharest Stock Exchange Palace | |||||||||||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2011[edit]
2011 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1040 g | Silver 925‰ | milled | Effigy of Dr. lt. Victor Anastasiu founder of the Aeronautical Medical Centre, "ROMANIA", coat of arms of Romania, value | Coat of arms of the National Institute of Aeronautical and Spatial Medicine, "INSTITUTUL NATIONAL DE MEDICINA AERONAUTICA SI SPATIALA 'GL. DR. AV. VICTOR ANASTASIU'", Icar, "1920 – 2010" | 17 January 2011 | proof | 500 | 90 years since the founding of the National Institute for Aeronautical and Spatial medicine "General Doctor Aviator Victor Anastasiu" | |||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.2240 g | Gold 999‰ | milled | Princely Church of Curtea de Argeş, coat of arms of Romania, value, year of issue, "ROMANIA" | Imagie of the pafta, "PAFTAUA DE LA CURTEA DE ARGES" | 7 February 2011 | proof | 500 | Curtea de Argeş Pafta | History of gold | ||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | Strei Church, "ROMANIA", coat of arms of Romania, year of issue, value | Strei Church, "MONUMENTE DE ARTA MEDIEVALA CRESTINA". "BISERICA STREI" | 28 February 2011 | proof | 500 | Strei Church | Medieval Christian Monuments | ||
The defence tower and church of Humor Monastery, coat of arms of Romania, "ROMANIA", value, year of issue | Church of Humor Monastery, "MONUMENTE DE ARTA MEDIEVALA CRESTINA", "MANASTIREA HUMOR" | 500 | Humor Monastery | ||||||||||
Dionisie turret and Hurezi Monastery chapel, coat of arms of Romania, "ROMANIA", value, year of issue | The great church of Hurezi Monastery, "MONUMENTE DE ARTA MEDIEVALA CRESTINA", "MANASTIREA HUREZI" | 500 | Hurezi Monastery | ||||||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | Representation of the minting process, coat of arms of Romania, value, "ROMANIA" | the first builfding of the State Mint, the first minted coins, "1870", "2010", "MONETARIA STATULUI", "140 DE ANI DE LA INFIINTARE" | 14 March 2011 | proof | 1.000 | 140 years since the founding of the State Mint de ani de la înfiinţarea Monetăriei Statului | |||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | Peleş Castle, coat of arms of Romania, value, year of issue, "ROMANIA" | 1881 coat of arms of Romania, effigy of King Carol I, "10 MAI 1881", signature of King Carol I, "130 ANI", "PROCLAMAREA REGATULUI ROMANIEI" | 10 May 2011 | proof | 500 | 130 years since the proclamation of the Kingdom | |||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | Periodic table, laboratory materials, microscope and molecule, "ROMANIA", value, coat of arms of Romania | Effigy of Costin Neniţescu, "COSTIN NENITESCU", logo of the International Year of Chemistry, "2011", symbol of the atom, formulas od two compounds discovered by Costin Neniţescu, "ANUL INTERNATIONAL AL CHIMIEI" | 6 June 2011 | proof | 500 | International Year of Chemistry | |||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | Effigy of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, coat of arms of Romania, value, year of issue, "ROMANIA", "ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA" | On a shield, the two symbols of Moldavia and Wallachia with a princerly crown as crest, "STEMA PRINCIPATELOR UNITE MOLDOVA SI TARA ROMANEASCA", "1861" | 27 June 2011 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the adoption of the coat of arms of the United Principalities | |||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.4520 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | Effigy and signature of Nicolae Iorga, "140 de ani de la naștere", "1871 – 1940" | Entrance of Mihai Viteazu in Alba Iulia, the cover of a book by Nicolae Iorga, coat of arms of Romania, value, year of issue, "ROMANIA" | 27 July 2011 | proof | 500 | 140 years since the birth of Nicolae Iorga | |||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.1030 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | Paintings of Nicolae Tonitza, Effigy of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, coat of arms of Romania, value, year of issue, "ROMANIA" | Effigy and signature of Nicolae Tonitza, paintings of Nicolae Tonitza, "1886 – 1940" | 27 June 2011 | proof | 500 | 125 years since the birth of Nicolae Tonitza | |||
50 bani | 23.75 mm | 6.1 g | brass | "ROMANIA* ROMANIA*" |
"50 bani", coat of arms, "ROMANIA", "2011", Cozia Monastery | Mircea cel Bătrân, 1386–1418 (years of reign) | 12 September 2011 | BU | 5,000,000 | 625 years since the crowning of Mircea cel Bătrân. | |||
200 lei | 27 mm | 15.551 g | Gold 999‰ | smooth | "200 lei", coat of arms, "ROMANIA", "2011", Cozia Monastery | proof | 250 | ||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | reeded | 26 September 2011 | proof | 500 | 450 years since the printing of the Bible in Romanian | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | reeded | 10 October 2011 | proof | 500 | 130 years since the birth of George Bacovia | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | reeded | 31 October 2011 | proof | 500 | 375 years since the birth of Nicolae Milescu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | reeded | 14 November 2011 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the founding of the Sibiu ASTRA Society | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | reeded | 28 November 2011 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the founding of the first Military institutions of modern Romania | |||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Gold 900‰ | reeded | 12 December 2011 | proof | 500 | 190 years since the 1821 Revolution of Tudor Vladimirescu | |||||
10 lei | 13.92 mm | 1.224 g | Gold 999‰ | reeded | 22 December 2011 | proof | 500 | The Garvăn–Dinogetia Cross | History of Gold | ||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2012[edit]
2012 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 27 January 2012 | proof | 500 | 10 years since the introduction of Euro banknotes and Euro coins | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 27 February 2012 | proof | 500 | 200 years since the birth of the photographer Carol Popp de Szathmári | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 19 March 2012 | proof | 500 | Centenary of the first modern Romanian law on passports | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 23 April 2012 | proof | 500 | 150 years since the founding of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | Value, "ROMANIA", year of issue "2012", Curtea de Argeş monastery church in section | Portrait of Neagoe Basarab, Curtea de Argeș church, "1512", "BISERICA MANASTIRII CURTEA DE ARGES" "NEAGOE BASARAB" | 25 June 2012 | proof | 250 | 500 years since the start of the reign of Wallachian domnitor Neagoe Basarab and the start of the construction of Curtea de Argeș Cathedral | |||
50 bani | 23.75 mm | 6.100 g | Brass | "ROMANIA * ROMANIA *" | BU | 1,000,000 | |||||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 6 July 2012 | proof | 500 | 100 years since the birth of Nicolae Steinhardt | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 23 July 2012 | proof | 500 | 125 years since the birth of Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 10 August 2012 | proof | 500 | 90 years since the birth of Marin Preda | |||||
100 lei | 21 mm | 6.452 g | Gold 900‰ | milled | 10 September 2012 | proof | 250 | 200 years since the birth of George Barițiu | |||||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 29 October 2012 | proof | 500 | 100 years since birth of Cardinal Alexandru Todea | |||||
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table. |
2013[edit]
2013 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 11 February 2013 | proof | 500 | 350 years since the erection of the wooden Church of the Holy Archangels in Rogoz, Maramureş |
2014[edit]
2014 commemorative coins | |||||||||||||
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Images | Value | Technical parameters | Description | Date of issue | Mintage | Event/Collection | |||||||
Obverse | Reverse | Diameter | Mass | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | Quality | Number | Event | Collection | ||
10 lei | 37 mm | 31.103 g | Silver 999‰ | milled | 10 February 2014 | proof | 250 | 100 years since the establishment of the Romanian Olympic Committee |