Metal, fineness	Copper-nickel
Quality	Proof-like / UNC
Total weight, g	12.8
Thickness, mm	2.3
Diameter, mm	31
The edge	The inscription "ОДИН РУБЛЬ ОДИН РУБЛЬ"("one ruble one ruble") separated by two square dots.
Mintage, pcs.	200000/ 1800000

Mihai Eminescu (January 15, 1850 – June 15, 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and he worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880-1918). His first poems volume was published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's Manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14.000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on January 25 1902.