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"Bloom, Moldova!"
“THE MEMORY OF DEPORTATIONS”
"Doina Cornea - The lady behind the window"
"The wealth of the Romanian south. The shirt with altiță from Muntenia, Oltenia, Dobrogea and ...”
„Pages of History: Promoting Children's Rights in Moldova”
"The Coronation of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria. 1922"
"Icon of Christ - living expression of the Gospel"
“Treasures of the Past (artifacts of gold and silver, 5th millennium BC - 18th century AD...”
“Weapons and Military Equipment – an Evolution throughout Centuries”
„Soviet Moldova: Between Myths and the Gulag”
Diorama of the „Iasi-Chisinau Operation”
“HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION”

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The great ruler Stephen the Great, outstanding army commander and diplomat, was also concerned during his life with the economic prosperity of the country, supporting the development of crafts, trade and fairs. During his reign, groși and half groși minted in the dinar system were issued, a monetary system introduced in Moldova during the last reign of Petru Aron (1455-1457).

The coins were minted from silver of superior title, those that reflect stability in the economic life of the country at that time. Their masterful execution at the Suceava mint is among the beautiful artistic achievements during the reign of Stephen the Great.

During his reign, two types of issues were minted, for the two denominations: groși and half groși.

Type I issues have a split shield on the obverse; in the first quarter appears a rose surmounted by a cross and three fascias, in the second quarter. For the epigraph issues (groși), the image is accompanied by the circular legend with the name of the issuer: + STEFANVS VOIEVODA. On the other side appears the bour's head with a star between the horns accompanied by the heraldic furniture - the rose and the contoured crescent, placed to the right and left of the bour's head; circular legend: MOLDAVIE COIN.

On type II coins in the shield on the obverse appears a patriarchal cross (double) and the legend STEFANVSVOIEVOD or abbreviated STEFANVSVOIE. On the reverse, as in type I, the bour's head with heraldic attributes is preserved: rose right/crescent left and crescent right/rose left. A star or rose appears between the ox's horns. The legend accompanying the face with the bour head is MONETAMOLDAVI or abbreviated MONETAMOLDA.

The dating of Stephen the Great's coins is still under discussion. According to one opinion, type I issues were minted between 1457-1476, and type II between 1480/1481-1505 (Octavian Iliescu), and another 1465/1467-1475/1476 for type I and 1476/1479-1497 for type II (Ernest Oberländer-Târnoveanu).

The coins in this showcase were discovered during the archaeological excavations at Orheiul Vechi (Trebujeni, Orhei district) in the 6th and 7th decades of the 20th century:

1. Type I money issues, groși, silver
2. Type II money issues, groși, silver
3. Type II coin issue, half groși, silver

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Archaeological Collection
	The collection consists of 47186 objects (the core fund), which came from archaeological excavations, random finds, acquisitions, donations, and transfers and date back to the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze, and Iron Ages, Roman Era, pre-feudal period, and the Middle Ages...

Collection of Historical Exhibits
It contains the objects of historical and memorial significance, dated from the 19th - 20th centuries, which are destined to recompose the ambience of bygone centuries, to reconstruct in exhibitions the atmosphere in which Moldavian cultural, historical, and political figures of the past lived and worked....

Collection of Arms and Armour
	The Museum owns authentic weapons of the 16th – 20th centuries, of western, eastern, and Russian (for the most part) origin. The collection consists of all the types of cold steel and fire-arms: offensive, defensive, missile, and hunting weapons....

Numismatic Collection
The collection consists of: Coins of diverse times and countries of issue. There are ancient coins of Greek, Getae-Dacian, and Roman origin, medieval coins of local and foreign issues (the Ottoman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, the United Provinces, Hungary, Poland, etc.); series of modern coins...

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation. The permanent exhibition of the museum is conceived and realized by a group of specialists who have chosen the way of presentation based on strict scientific subjects in accordance with chronology and supported by expressive force of exhibits, these original evidences representing the historical and archaeological heritage preserved in the museum. The exhibition space covers an area of 1,700 sq. m. and is used optimally, observing all the conservation and safety requirements.

The exhibition illustrates the history of Moldova from the oldest times to the present, in its ensemble and succession, by means of authentic and revealing exhibits, which impartially show economic, cultural, political, and social development of the human society in this geographic area in different historical times. By means of historical documentary and artistic objects the exhibition presents the originality and peculiarities of formation of the Moldavian people. Museum visitors become introduced in the atmosphere of different times by means of some explanatory exhibits and specific museum reconstructions of different social, economic, and cultural environments characteristic of different strata and stages of the development of society.

Important Announcement: Temporary Change of Working Hours

To the attention of the NMHM visitors: Changing the work schedule

"Bloom, Moldova!"

“THE MEMORY OF DEPORTATIONS”

"Doina Cornea - The lady behind the window"

"The wealth of the Romanian south. The shirt with altiță from Muntenia, Oltenia, Dobrogea and Southern Moldova"

„Pages of History: Promoting Children's Rights in Moldova”

"The Coronation of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria. 1922"

"Icon of Christ - living expression of the Gospel"

“Treasures of the Past (artifacts of gold and silver, 5th millennium BC - 18th century AD)”

“Weapons and Military Equipment – an Evolution throughout Centuries”

„Soviet Moldova: Between Myths and the Gulag”

Diorama of the „Iasi-Chisinau Operation”

“HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION”

#Exhibit of the Month

Archaeological Collection

Collection of Historical Exhibits

Collection of Arms and Armour

Numismatic Collection

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