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First Code of Laws of Moldova

The Rule of Vasile Lupu-the first Code of Laws of the Land of Moldova.

Vasile Lupu (1595—1661) was a Moldavian Voivode (Prince) between 1634 and 1653.Vasile Lupu surnamed "the wolf" who ruled as Prince of Moldavia had secured the Moldavian throne in 1634 after a series of complicated intrigues and managed to hold it for twenty years. Basil was the son of an Albanian adventurer and a Moldovian heiress. He was a capable administrator and a brilliant financer and soon was the richest man in the Christian East. Judiciously placed gifts kept him on good terms with the Ottoman authorities

Vasile Lupu introduced the first codified, written law in Moldavia (1646, published in Iaşi). Known as the Carte româneascǎ de învăţătură ("Romanian book of learning") or Pravila lui Vasile Lupu ("Vasile Lupu's code"), the document does not go against Byzantine tradition, being a translated review of customs (and almost identical to its Wallachian contemporary equivalent).

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Obverse: 
on the central part – the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Moldova; on the upper part - figure „2009”; on the bottom part -the inscription „50 LEI”; following the coin circumference– the inscription "REPUBLICA MOLDOVA" is engraved in block letters.
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on the upper part – the Coat of Arms of Moldova from the Rule of Vasile Lupu; on the bottom part – the imagine of a book; following the coin circumference – the inscription „PRAVILA LUI VASILE LUPU – PRIMUL COD DE LEGI AL ŢĂRII MOLDOVEI” is engraved in block letters.
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MD109CM1
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€50
Mintage: 
1000
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0.925
Weight: 
14.5g
Diameter: 
28mm
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