25.3 mm diameter, 7.65 g, steel plated with brass on the inner disk and plated with nickel on the outer ring, grained edge with the incused inscription ★ MOLDOVA (two times) face value 10 LEI, micro-engraved inscription BNM (National Bank of Moldavia) written three times on the vertical segment of digit 1, year 2018, above a rectagle made of vertical segments on which monogram R M (from Republic of Moldova) is written as a hidden image; the letters are visible by tilting the coin from left to right about the vertical axis; on the outer ring there are 25 stars with 5 rays each, ★, one star for each year of the Moldavian leu existence

the central disk is divided in two zones; at left the coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova and monogram BNM of the National Bank of Romania, at right a heraldic lion similar with the ones represented on the Dutch medieval lion thalers (or leeuwendaalders, from which the name of the Moldavian currency was originated), on the outer ring circular inscription "25 DE ANI DE LA INTRODUCEREA MONEDEI NAȚIONALE" meaning "25 YEARS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NATIONAL CURRENCY" Issuing date: 29th of November 2018 Mintage: 250,000 coins

According to the description of the coin on the website of the National Bank of Moldova, the two parts of the central disk (pictured on the right) want to represent the Moon and the Sun, as "a symbol of the continuity of times, past and present".