Description:
Obverse
In the middle, a graphic composition suggesting Grigore Alexandrescu’s poem titled Umbra lui Mircea. La Cozia (Mircea’s Shadow. At Cozia): the Cozia Monastery overlapping the portrait of ruling prince Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Elder); to the left, the face value “10 LEI”; to the right, the coat of arms of Romania and the year of issue “2010”; in the lower part, the inscription “ROMANIA” in an arc.
Reverse
The portrait of Grigore Alexandrescu and some of the characters in his fables, partially overlapping a circle; in the upper part, the inscription “GRIGORE ALEXANDRESCU” in an arc.
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