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COINS OF ROMANIA

Coins in circulation on territory of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

December 1921 – June 1940.

Monetary system: leu = 100 bani.
Coins in circulation: 25, 50 bani; 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 lei.


Coins

Denomination: 25 bani
Year: 1921
Material: Aluminum
Description: Obverse: ROMANIA. Eagle as the part of national arms.
Reverse: Denomination; Huguenin.
Coin with a center hole.
Aluminum (Al 100%). Diameter – 19 mm. Weight – 0.89 g. Edge - plain. Mintage: 20 000 000. Mint mark – Switzerland (Huguenin – Le Locle).
This type of coin only has been struck in 1921.
Country or town: Romania

Denomination: 50 bani
Year: 1921
Material: Aluminum
Description: Obverse: ROMANIA. Eagle as the part of national arms.
Reverse: Denomination; Huguenin.
Coin with a center hole.
Aluminum (Al 100%). Diameter – 21.2 mm. Weight – 1.20 g. Edge – plain. Mintage: 30 000 000. Mint mark – Switzerland (Huguenin – Le Locle).
This type of coin only has been struck in 1921.
Country or town: Romania

Denomination: 1 leu
Year: 1924
Material: Copper-Nickel
Description: Obverse: ROMANIA. National arms.
Reverse: BUN PENTERU. Denomination.
Copper-Nickel (Cu 75%, Ni 25%). Diameter – 21.2 mm. Weight – 3.50 g. Edge – reeded. Total mintage: 200 006 000.
This type of coin only has been struck in 1924.
Country or town: Romania

Denomination: 2 lei
Year: 1924
Material: Copper-Nickel
Description: Obverse: ROMANIA. National arms.
Reverse: BUN PENTERU. Denomination.
Copper-Nickel (Cu 75%, Ni 25%). Diameter – 25 mm. Weight – 7.00 g. Edge – reeded. Total mintage: 100 008 000.
This type of coin only has been struck in 1924.
Country or town: Romania

Denomination: 5 lei
Year: 1930
Material: Brass
Description: Obverse: MIHAI I REGELE ROMANIEI. Bust of King Mihai I (first period of rule – 1927 – 1930).
Reverse: National arms. Denomination.
Brass (Cu 79%, Zn 20%, Ni 1%). Diameter – 21 mm. Weight – 3.50 g. Edge – reeded. Mintage: 15 000 000.
This type of coin only has been struck in 1930.
Country or town: Romania

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