Request form: Reservation request form for the coppered tombac coin (Romanian only), starting 12 May 2025, 9:00 a.m., limited to the stock intended for online bookings.
Should a numismatic issue fall short of the sets intended for online reservation, please be informed that items may be purchased directly from the counters of the NBR’s regional branches, without reservation, starting 12 May 2025.
As of 12 May 2025, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a coppered tombac coin to mark 90 years since the establishment of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Romania.
The coin has the following specifications:
|
Metal |
coppered tombac |
|
Face value |
leu 1 |
|
Fineness |
- |
|
Shape |
round |
|
Diameter |
37 mm |
|
Weight |
23.5 g |
|
Edge |
milled |
|
Quality |
proof |
| Obverse |
 |
| Reverse |
 |
Obverse: a partial image of the Colțea Hospital, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the coat of arms of Romania, the face value “1 LEU” and the year of issue “2025”.
Reverse: the portraits and names of doctors Constantin I. Angelescu and Daniel Danielopolu, and the inscription “90 DE ANI DE LA INFIINTAREA ACADEMIEI DE STIINTE MEDICALE DIN ROMANIA”.
The coppered tombac coins are housed in transparent plastic capsules and are embedded in presentation leaflets, being inserted in cardboard holders.
The maximum mintage is 5,000 coppered tombac coins.
The selling price for the coppered tombac coin, including the presentation leaflet and the cardboard holder, is lei 240.00, VAT excluded.
The coppered tombac coins to mark 90 years since the establishment of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Romania are legal tender on the territory of Romania.
The coins are put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, through the regional branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Constanța, Craiova, Iași and Timișoara.
Information on how to purchase the coins can be found on the National Bank of Romania’s website, in the Numismatics section https://www.bnr.ro/en/2471-numismatics.