Description:
Obverse
In the foreground, the portrait of the ruler Vlad Ţepeş; beneath the portrait, the inscription “VLAD TEPES”; on the left side, the image of a window of the Old Princely Court; below, Romania’s coat-of-arms; on the outside, in the upper part, the inscription “ROMANIA” and beneath it the face value “500 LEI” and the year of issue – 2009.
Reverse
In the middle, the picture of the Old Princely Court; above, the document containing the first mention in writing of Bucharest and the inscriptions “1459” and “BUCURESTI”; below, the inscriptions “PALATUL VOIEVODAL „CURTEA VECHE” on the right side and “550 DE ANI DE LA PRIMA ATESTARE DOCUMENTARA” in the middle.
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