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1 leu, 5, 100 lei 2007 - prince Dimitrie Cantemir |
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37 mm diameter, 23.5 g, coppered tombac, grained edge Obverse: Romanian coat of arms, face value 1 LEU, year 2007, ROMANIA, adornments | Reverse: effigy of Dimitrie Cantemir inside an inner linear circle, inscriptions DIMITRIE CANTEMIR and "26 octombrie 1673 - 21 august 1723" (octombrie = October), separated by adornments
Issuing date: 18th of June 2007 Mintage: 250 coins |
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30 mm diameter, 15.55 g, 99.9% silver, grained edge Obverse: face value 5 LEI | Issuing date: 18th of June 2007 Mintage: 250 coins |
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21 mm diameter, 6.452 g, 90% gold, grained edge Obverse: face value 100 LEI | Issuing date: 18th of June 2007 Mintage: 250 coins |
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These coins pay homage to prince Dimitrie Cantemir - great scholar, historian, philosopher, geographer, ethnologist, musicologist, encyclopaedic personality. His inquisitive nature, education and European recognition have marked the destiny of the Romanian culture. The coins were struck also for marking the inauguration - on July 25th 2007 - of the museum dedicated to Dimitrie Cantemir in Istanbul, Turkey. The museum is placed in the very house where Cantemir has lived, in Fener District. The house was restored during the Programme for the Rehabilitation of Fener and Balat Districts of Istanbul (funded by the European Union). At the inauguration was present the president of Romania, Mr Traian Băsescu. A set of coins was donated to the museum by the National Bank of Romania. The portrait of the prince on the coin reverses is reproduced after a gravure made by Christian Fritzsch for the German translation of Cantemir's book History of the Growth and Decay of the Ottoman Empire, printed in 1745. The coin set pictures above are present on the site through the permission of an anonymous donor. Dimitrie Cantemir also appears on two coins issued by the Republic of Moldavia: 50 lei silver 2003 - 330 years from his birth and 100 lei gold 2008 - 335 years from his birth. |
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