A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor. Dated observations: 1993; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Moldovan coupons served as a de facto national currency by July; on 29 November the leu was introduced and cash, accounts and deposits were converted at 1 leu per 1,000 coupons.
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1993supported
Moldovan coupons served as a de facto national currency by July; on 29 November the leu was introduced and cash, accounts and deposits were converted at 1 leu per 1,000 coupons.
C1498
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C1107
Moldovan lei replaced the temporary cupon currency in 1993.
Description of the temporary account unit and replacement
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1498
Moldovan coupons served as a de facto national currency by July; on 29 November the leu was introduced and cash, accounts and deposits were converted at 1 leu per 1,000 coupons.
James Haley and Ghiath Shabsigh · Monitoring Financial Stabilization in Moldova: The Role of Monetary Policy, Institutional Factors and Statistical Anomalies, IMF PPAA/94/25 (December 1994)Citation S813 · Open source ↗
Sections II–III; decree quotation
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
President of Moldova; reproduced by Moldpres state news agency · Decree of 24 November 1993 introducing the national currency, quoted in 29 noiembrie 1993 (2021)Citation S814 · Open source ↗
Sections II–III; decree quotation
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1680
Moldova separated from the inherited ruble area in July 1993 through a de facto national ruble/coupon account currency; this predates its conversion into leu in November. The June 1992 coupon-note issue alone is not treated as the birth of a distinct unit.
James Haley and Ghiath Shabsigh · Monitoring Financial Stabilization in Moldova: The Role of Monetary Policy, Institutional Factors and Statistical Anomalies, IMF PPAA/94/25 (December 1994)Citation S813 · Open source ↗
1994 IMF study sections II–III; November decree account conversion
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
President of Moldova; reproduced by Moldpres state news agency · Decree of 24 November 1993 introducing the national currency, quoted in 29 noiembrie 1993 (2021)Citation S814 · Open source ↗
1994 IMF study sections II–III; November decree account conversion
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1732
Cash and accounts converted to leu at 1,000:1 beginning 29 November; leu became sole legal payment medium at 18:00 on 2 December 1993.
President of Moldova; reproduced by Moldpres state news agency · Decree of 24 November 1993 introducing the national currency, quoted in 29 noiembrie 1993 (2021)Citation S814 · Open source ↗
Decree quoted paragraphs 1–2
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
James Haley and Ghiath Shabsigh · Monitoring Financial Stabilization in Moldova: The Role of Monetary Policy, Institutional Factors and Statistical Anomalies, IMF PPAA/94/25 (December 1994)Citation S813 · Open source ↗
Decree quoted paragraphs 1–2
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Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.