A commemorative coin which makes part of the “Personalities” series, in circulation since March 27, 2018.
Main features:
- Face value: 50 lei
- Quality: proof
- Metal: silver
- Composition: 999/1000
- Weight: 13,0 grams
- Diameter: 28 mm
- Shape: round
- Edge: milled
- Mintage: 200 coins.
Obvers:
- in the foreground: the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova;
- at the top: the year of issue „2017”;
- in exergue: the coin’s face value „50 LEI”;
- the inscription „REPUBLICA MOLDOVA” (Republic of Moldova) is engraved in capital letters along the circumference of the coin.
Reverse:
- in the foreground: the effigy of Ion Vatamanu, the impressions of a leafy tree branch, few lines from the poet’s verse and his signature;
- at the top: the inscription „ION VATAMANU 1937-1993” is engraved in capital letters along the circumference of the coin.