This is banii, the Moldovan coins. It comes in 5,10,25,and 50 bani denominations. all but the 50 bani are made of aluminum, and probably float. People often don’t even bother picking up the 5 bani coins, kind of like eating celery for the nutrition. I am saving mine to make a suit of armor!
- This is most of the paper bills, I’m missing the 20 lei in green, and the 200 lei in another shade of red/brown. The Kings head on the money is “Stefan Cel Mare,” or Stephen the Great. He ruled Moldavia from about the time Constantinople fell in 1453, to 1504. The amazing part of that is, the Ottoman empire wasn’t just hanging out in C-town, (Constantinople, sorry, trying to be cool,) eating halva. Nope, they were one pesky country away from taking Europe, and Mr. the Great held them off for FIFTY YEARS! Earning himself a sainthood and a place on a bunch of money, even though he was BFF’s with a certain Vlad the Impaler. Dracula, to you literary types. But nobody wants that guy on their dolla’s, yo. I noticed many of the older towns in Moldova are from this time of relative stability. He also has hundreds of statues, and the main street in EVERY town is his. So if your looking to get famous, anyone, that’s what you have to do.
- My whole point with all of this is that these two bills look crazy alike. One is worth $0.12, and one is worth $8.20. I bet I have paid ridiculous amounts for many, many, candy bars. I think it’s kind of poor planning though, on their parts, am I right?
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