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100 lei gold 2024 - Metropolitan Dosoftei - 400th Anniversary of his Birth
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21 mm diameter, 6.452 g, 90% gold, reeded edge
Obverse: ROMANIA, coat of arms of Romania, face value 100 LEI, year 2024, the church of the Probota Monastery, where Metropolitan Dosoftei became a monk
Reverse: the image of an icon with the holy hierarch Dosoftei and circular inscription 400 DE ANI DE LA NASTEREA MITROPOLITULUI DOSOFTEI meaning 400 YEARS FROM THE BIRTH OF METROPOLITAN DOSOFTEI; on the book in the saint's hand is written DUMNEZĂIASCA LITURGHIE meaning DIVINE LITURGY

Issuing date: 30th of December 2024

Maximum mintage: 1,000 coins


In 2004, Republic of Moldova marked the 380th anniversary of the birth of Metropolitan Dosoftei by issuing a commemorative silver coin of 50 lei dedicated to him. The page for this coin presents more information about Dosoftei and his work.

In the icon represented on the coin, the saint holds a book named DUMNEZĂIASCA LITURGHIE. This is a reference to the fact that Dosoftei printed the "Dumnezăiasca liturghie" (Divine Liturgy) in the printing house in Iași (which he himself re-established). The book appeared in 1679, followed in 1683 by a second, supplemented edition.


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