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 2020; 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 the 30 stars with 5 rays each, ★, one star for each year since the return of the Romanian tricolor, red-yellow-blue, in the space between the Prut and Dniester Rivers

the building of the Presidency of the Republic of Moldova (the first building in Chișinău where the tricolor was hoisted in 1990), an image of the tricolor, above it the coat of arms of the Republic of Moldova; on the outer ring inscription · 30 DE ANI DE LA ADOPTAREA TRICOLORULUI · REPUBLICA MOLDOVA meaning 30 YEARS SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE TRICOLOR Issuing date: 21st of April 2020 Mintage: 250,000 coins

The National Flag Day is celebrated in the Republic of Moldavia (commonly called Republic of Moldova, which is unnatural for English context) on April 27th (the date on which, in 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted the red-yellow-blue tricolor as the state flag). The tricolor flag was raised on the same day on the building of the Supreme Soviet (today, the building of the Presidency of the Republic) by the patriot deputy Gheorghe Ghimpu (1937 - 2000). The holiday was established by Parliament in 2010.

The state flag of the Republic of Moldova has a height to width ratio of 1:2. The state flag of Romania, the same tricolor red-yellow-blue, has the height to width ratio of 2:3. In Romania, the flag day was established in 1998 and is celebrated on June 26th.

The Romanian tricolor has been present in the space between the Prut and Nistru (Dniester) Rivers, also known as Basarabia, since the beginning of its use as a symbol of the Romanian people.

Known in a preliminary form since the Revolution of 1848, the red, yellow and blue tricolor became the state flag after the Union of the Principalities of Moldavia and Walachia, i.e. after January 24th, 1859.

As the flag of the United Principalities and then of Romania, it was used in the eastern counties of Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail (southern Bessarabia), as well as throughout the Country.

After the territorial seizure imposed by the Russian Empire in 1878, in the form of an exchange of territories (Cahul, Bolgrad and Ismail against Dobrogea), the use of the Romanian tricolor ceased in the Bessarabian area until 1917. The hoisting of the tricolor returned to this area on November 21st, 1917, together with the opening of the Country Council (Sfatul Țării), the representative body of the population of Bessarabia. George Tofan from Bukovina, a refugee in Bessarabia, witnessed this historic event and testifies the special attention given to the flag: after Te Deum <<...the assistance left the church and went to the meeting hall, where the national flag of the Moldavian regiment was introduced by several soldiers. This flag was consecrated by the Right Reverend Gabriel with holy water. Archpriest Berezovschi's choir performed the national anthem "Wake up, Romanians!" (Deșteaptă-te, române!) and "Unity is written on our flag" (Pe-al nostru steag e scris unire). The assistance enthusiastically shouts: "Hooray! Long live!" >> [1].

References

1. Țurcanu I., Papuc M., Basarabia în actul Marii Uniri de la 1918, Editura Știința, Chișinău, 2017.