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These coins bear a lion on them (hence Dutch leeuwendaalder, German löwenthaler) and the name of the coin became abbreviated known as leu (plural lei), which is still the name of the Romanian and Moldovan currencies. The Ottomans minted coins imitating the Dutch silver daalders and these coins were known as piaștri, Piastre.
Value, year of minting, ROMANIA, coat of arms CAROL I REGE AL ROMANIEI ("Carol I, King of Romania") 1900 2 bani 20 mm 2 g 5 bani 19 mm 3.5 g copper 75%, nickel 25% ROMANIA, value Steel crown, wreath, year of minting 1900 10 bani 22 mm 4.5 g 20 bani 25 mm 7 g 50 bani 25 mm 2.5 g silver 83.5% Milled Value, year of minting
20 lei gold coin from 1870 (21mm diameter, 6.43g weight) 5 lei coin minted in 1883 500-leu banknote of 1936, King Carol II of Romania In 1860, the Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza attempted to create a national românul ("the Romanian") and the romanat ; however, the project was not approved by the Ottoman Empire.
History of coins in Romania; F. Fifty bani; Five bani; O. One ban; One hundred thousand lei (Romanian coin) One leu (Romanian coin) R. United Principalities romanat;
The State Mint (Romanian: Monetăria Statului) is the national mint of Romania. It has its headquarters in Bucharest and produces (mints) the coins in circulation in Romania, commemorative medals, and the civil and military orders (state decorations).
The ten-bani coin is a coin of the Romanian leu.It was reintroduced on 1 July 2005 and is the second-largest denomination coin in Romania. In addition to Romania, it has been minted in the United Kingdom (1867), Belgium (1900, 1905-1906), Germany (1906) and Russia (1952).
A fifty-bani coin was not included in Romania's first set of decimal coins, minted in 1867 in Birmingham, England. The denomination was introduced in 1873 as a coin of 18mm diameter and weighing 2.5g. It was 83.5% silver and 16.5% copper. The obverse featured the Romanian crown and the date underneath, within a wreath of laurel and oak branches.
History of the Romanian coinage – replica of the first pol (equal to 20 lei) koson 20 mm 8.5 g Gold 999‰ irregular 21 February 2005 History of the Romanian coinage – replica of a koson (Dacian coin) 500 lei: 37 mm: 31.1030 g: Silver 999‰ smooth 8 April 2005 500 125 years since the founding of the National Bank of Romania: 35 mm Gold 999‰