Comunicat de presă


Numismatic issue dedicated to 90 years since the establishment of the Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital

22.04.2024

Request form: Reservation request form for the Silver Coin (Romanian only), starting 22 April 2024, 2:00 p.m., limited to the stock intended for online bookings.

Should a numismatic issue fall short of the coins 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 22 April 2024.


As of 22 April 2024, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a silver coin to mark 90 years since the establishment of the Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital.

The coin has the following specifications:

Metal silver
Face value lei 10
Fineness 999‰
Shape round
Diameter 37 mm
Weight 31.103 g
Edge milled
Quality proof
Obverse
Reverse

Obverse: the portrait of Queen Mother Helen, who advocated the construction of the first emergency hospital in Bucharest, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc, the face value “10 LEI”, the year of issue “2024” and the coat of arms of Romania.

Reverse: the hospital building and the inscriptions “SPITALUL CLINIC DE URGENTA BUCURESTI” and “90 ANI”.

The silver coins, housed in transparent plastic capsules, will be accompanied by certificates of authenticity in Romanian, English and French. Each certificate of authenticity bears the signatures of the Governor and the Chief Cashier of the National Bank of Romania.

The maximum mintage is 5,000 silver coins.

The selling price for the silver coin, including the certificate of authenticity, is lei 450.00, VAT excluded.

The silver coins dedicated to 90 years since the establishment of the Bucharest Emergency Clinical Hospital 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.