Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, as of 16 August 2017, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a set of three coins (made of gold, silver and copper-plated tombac) and a copper-plated tombac coin to mark 500 years since the consecration of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery.
The coins have the following technical characteristics:
| Technical characteristics |
Set of three coins |
Coin |
| Metal |
gold |
silver |
copper-plated tombac |
copper-plated tombac |
| Face value |
lei 100 |
lei 10 |
leu 1 |
leu 1 |
| Fineness |
900‰ |
999‰ |
- |
- |
| Shape |
round |
round |
round |
round |
| Diameter |
21 mm |
37 mm |
37 mm |
37 mm |
| Weight |
6.452 g |
31.103 g |
23.5 g |
23.5 g |
| Quality |
proof |
proof |
proof |
proof |
| edge |
milled |
milled |
milled |
milled |
| Obverse |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Reverse |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Obverse of the gold coin: an exterior ornamental detail of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “100 LEI”, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2017”.
Obverse of the silver coin: an exterior ornamental detail of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “10 LEI”, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2017”.
Obverse of the copper-plated tombac coin: an exterior ornamental detail of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “1 LEU”, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2017”.
Reverse (common to all coins made of gold, silver, copper-plated tombac): the image of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery and the inscription “500 DE ANI DE LA SFINTIREA BISERICII MANASTIRII CURTEA DE ARGES” in an arc.
The coins are individually housed in transparent plastic capsules. The sets of three coins and the copper-plated tombac coins are accompanied by leaflets featuring a presentation of the numismatic issue in Romanian, English and French. Each leaflet comes with a certificate of authenticity bearing the signatures of the Governor and the Chief Cashier of the National Bank of Romania.
The mintage is:
- 150 sets of three coins (made of gold, silver and copper-plated tombac);
- 150 copper-plated tombac coins.
The selling prices, including the leaflet, are:
- lei 2,095.00, VAT excluded, per set of three coins (made of gold, silver and copper-plated tombac);
- lei 80.00, VAT excluded, for the copper-plated tombac coin.
The gold, silver and copper-plated tombac coins, launched to mark 500 years since the consecration of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery are legal tender on the territory of Romania.
The sets of three coins and the copper-plated tombac coin, launched to mark 500 years since the consecration of the church of Curtea de Argeș Monastery will be put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Timişoara.