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The National Bank of Romania (BNR) put into circulation, in the numismatic issues dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union, a commemorative collector banknote dedicated to Ionel I.C. Bratianu in order to keep his memory alive, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu has stated on Tuesday.
He said that the former politician wasn't very chatty, but his words had meaning. In this regard, Isarescu read a quote of Ionel I.C. Bratianu
Moreover, the Governor also brought to mind that last year, the BNR released an anniversary banknote dedicated to King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, whose names are indissolubly connected to the accomplishment of Greater Romania and, this year, the bank puts into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a gold coin dedicated to The History of Gold - the lei 50 coin bearing the year 1922, dedicated to the coronation in Alba Iulia.
"This way, we symbolically managed to bring back in the public consciousness, in our way, through our issues, those whom we owe the Greater Union and the building of the unitary national state," the BNR Governor added.
