30 mm diameter, 16.5 g, 99.9% silver, grained edge year 2010, circular inscription REPUBLICA MOLDOVA meaning "REPUBLIC OF MOLDAVIA" and the coat of arms of the Republic of Moldavia, in exergue horizontal line and denomination "50 LEI"	sideview of the Church of Annunciation in Chişinău, inscriptions "BISERICA BUNA VESTIRE" meaning "CHURCH OF ANNUNCIATION" and "CHIŞINĂU 1810-2010" Issuing date: 3rd of August 2010 Mintage: 500 coins

This is the first coin from the Holy Houses series. The second coin of the series is 50 lei 2012 - Măzărache Church from Chişinău.

About the Church of Annunciation from Chişinău

As the votive inscription show, the church was rebuilt in stone in year 1810, over an older building. It is one of the oldest churches in Chişinău, and among the few churches built before the Russian occupation (in 1812 the Czarist Russia seized the lands between Prut River and Nistru River from Moldavia) that managed to survive until today.

	The votive inscription was writen in Romanian, with Cyrillic letters:
	ACEST SFÎNT LĂCAŞ CARI DIN NOU S-AU FĂCUT DE CĂPITANU GAVRIIL TERI[N]TI: ŞI DE ALŢI IUBITORI: DE H[RI]S[TOS] UNDE SĂ CIN STE:ŞTI HRAMUL BUNII VES TIRI LA LET: 1810 · OCT[OMBRIE] · 2	THIS HOLY PLACE THAT WAS MADE ANEW BY CAPTAIN GAVRIIL TERI[N]TI: AND BY OTHER LOVERS: OF CHRIST WHERE IS WOR SHI:PPED THE ANNUNCIA TION AT YEAR: 1810 · OCT[OBER] · 2