The Total Eclipse Coin & Banknote Set August 11, 1999

The phenomenon lasted only 2 minutes and 19 seconds, but it stirred up the entire world to such an extent that a banknote of 2,000 Lei and a legal coin of 500 Lei were issued by Romania for the absolute eclipse of the millennium. It was also the first European banknote on polymer with a transparent sun-shaped security watermark! It was also the first European banknote on polymer with a transparent sun-shaped security watermark!

THE TOTAL ECLIPSE SET (coins & banknotes)

Dimensions: 14.40 x 6.30 cm Aluminum coin: diameter 25 mm, weight 3 g.