BAN: COIN OF MOLDOVA
1 ban, 1993: Republic of Moldova
Monogram "M" — mean Moldova.
REPUBLICA MOLDOVA (Republic of Moldova).
Coat of arms of Moldova (the aurochs head on the chest of an eagle) and below — oak leaves.
Symbols C.D.: Constantin Dumitrescu (engraver).
Romanian Mint.
- Aluminium: 14.5 mm - 0.67 g
- Reference price: 0.1$
COIN BAN — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- MOLDOVA (1993-...): ban = 1/100 leu (Moldovan leu)
- ROMANIA (1867-...): ban = 1/100 leu (Romanian leu)
- PRINCIPALITY OF WALLACHIA (14th-15th centuries): ban = 1/3 ducat (silver)
The name of the coin ban comes, according to one version, from the Latin phrase "denarii banales" — the denarius of the ban or ruler (ban was a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century, primarily in the territory of Moldova, Croatia, Wallachia…).
