Bancherul - BANCI / ENGLISH / Silver coin commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first jet aircraft engineered by Henri Coandă

Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 – The Statute of the National Bank of Romania, on 11 October 2010, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a silver coin commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first jet aircraft engineered by Henri Coandă.

The silver coin has the following characteristics:
• face value: lei 10;
• fineness: 999‰;
• shape: round;
• diameter: 37 mm;
• weight: 31.103 g;
• quality: proof;
• edge: milled;
• coinage: 1,000.

Obverse: in the forefront, the coat of arms of Romania, the year of issue “2010”, the face value “10 LEI”, “ROMANIA” inscribed obliquely and the depiction of the jet airplane engineered by Henri Coandă; in the background, the outline of the aircraft seen from above.

Reverse: to the left, the inscriptions “PRIMUL AVION CU REACTIE”, “100 ANI” and “1910”, and to the right, a reproduction of the inventor’s portrait and his name “HENRI COANDA”.
The selling price for the collector silver coin commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first jet aircraft engineered by Henri Coandă is lei 220, excluding VAT.

Each coin is housed in a transparent plastic capsule and is accompanied by a leaflet featuring an overview of the numismatic issue in Romanian, English and French. The leaflet comes with a certificate of authenticity bearing the signatures of both the Governor and the Head Cashier of the National Bank of Romania.
The silver coins commemorating the centennial anniversary of the first jet aircraft engineered by Henri Coandă are legal tender on the territory of Romania.

The collector silver coins will be put into circulation through the branches of the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iaşi and Timişoara.