The National Bank of Moldova will issue new commemorative coins as legal tender and for numismatic purposes, IPN reports, quoting a decision adopted by the Government.

The series “Personalities” will be supplemented with two coins: “Dumitru Matcovschi – 75 years of birth” and “Tamara Ciobanu – 100 years of birth”.

The series “Alley of the Classical Writers” will include the new coin ”Nicolae Milescu Spataru”, while the coins “20 years of the adoption of the Constitution” and “125 years of the foundation of the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History” will be added to the series “Historical events”.

The series “Monuments of Moldova” will be completed with the coin “Candle of recognition”, the series “Holidays, culture and traditions of Moldova” with the coin “Martsishorul”, while the series “Red Book of the Republic of Moldova” with the coin “Flossy ibis” and “Wood peony”.

In 1996-2013, the central bank issues 104 jubilee and commemorative coins on different themes.