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Dimitrie Cantemir – 335th Anniversary

Dimitrie Cantemir (October 26, 1673 – August 21, 1723) was twice Prince of Moldavia (in March-April 1693 and in 1710–1711). He was also a prolific man of letters – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer.

His name is spelled Dimitrie Cantemir in Romanian, Dmitri Konstantinovich Kantemir (Дмитрий Константинович Кантемир) in Russian, Dimitri Kantemiroğlu in Turkish, Dymitr Kantemir in Polish and Demetre Cantemir in several other languages.

Dimitrie Cantemir – 335th Anniversary
Obverse: 
on the central part – the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova; on the upper part - figure "2008"; on the bottom part – the inscription "100 LEI"; following the coin circumference – the inscription "REPUBLICA MOLDOVA" is engraved in block letters.
Reverse: 
on the central part – Dimitrie Cantemir at the writting table; on the upper part ,following the coin circumference- the inscription “DIMITRIE CANTEMIR” is engraved in block letters; on the left part – years “1673' ,'1723”.
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MD102CM1
Value: 
€260
Mintage: 
1000
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Purity: 
0.999
Weight: 
7.8g
Diameter: 
24mm
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