Romania.

Then you should know that this coin was issued in two versions, a normal one, and one for collectors:
http://www.allnumis.com/coin/romania/50-bani-2010-aurel-vlaicu-proof-12751
http://romaniancoins.org/50bani10_aurel_vlaicu.html

The one dedicated to collectors was issued in a number of 5000 pieces, and it is sold at a value of 10,39 Lei ( around $ 3 ).
I would like to send you one, but do not know if the post will not cost more than the coin itself. But if anyone is interested I will have to inquire if the National Bank has any rule regarding the sale of these coins.
Theoretically they do not allow the sale of more than 2 similar collectors coins per person, and that to prevent numismatics stores to purchase large numbers for resale.

 

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The same year:



Those are centimeters.

 

10 Bani 1906

 

50 bani 1947 & 1 Leu 1940

 

Good for a local phone call:



ROMANIAN ANONYMOUS TELEPHONE SOCIETY:


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see more information here:
http://romaniancoins.org/romaniantokens/token3.html

 

In our way, to the great communist ideal, we were first a "People's Republic" then a "Socialist Republic" and everything collapsed before finally becoming a "Communist Republic"

 

And what I find even more confusing is the different adjective forms for the country between the early 1950s and mid-60s. First it was "Republica Populara Romana", then "... Romina", then "... Romana" again.

Christian

 

Those are just variations of the proper noun, as "the Romanien Socialist Republish" or "the People's Republic of Romania".
Romanian being a Latin language & English having many latin words make this case to have quite similar grammar :
Republica Socialista Româna / the Romanien Socialist Republish and Republica Populară Română / the People Republish of Romania.

 

The 10 lei 1990, 1991, 1992 coin

This coin, though issued in a very large number: 30.000.000 coins in 1990/31.303.000 coins in 1991/60.000.000 coins in 1992, has a very interesting story: this coin was issued immediately after the fall of communism and at that time the national coat of arms was not yet established, so they just put on the backa of this coina flag and a sprig of olive ( marking the independence from communism)



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info:
10 lei 1990, 1991, 1992
http://romaniancoins.org/10lei1990.html
10 lei 1993, 1994, 1995
http://romaniancoins.org/10lei1993.html

 

Today the National Bank of Romania launched a new coin of 50 bani.



The man on the back of this coin is the voivode Neagoe Basarab

see for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivode
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neagoe_Basarab

 

And the Vlaicu professional edition ( only 5000 pieces )

 

Good news. This 50 bani coin may be the beginning of a new series to collect for me ...

Christian

 

I must get some of these new 50 Bani coins also.

 

Common copper coin of Carol I

Here's one I never posted here. It is an 1882 Romania 5 Bani.

 

Now that you've shown this coin, I have a little story to tell, in 1868, not long after Carol was brought on the throne of Romania. he tested the reaction of the Great Powers of Europe, to his plans for the independence and sovereignty, with a coin bearing his image and the inscription around the effigy - "Carol I Domnulu Româniloru" Carol I, king of the Romanians. An extraordinarily bold gesture, considering that at that time Dobrudja was under Ottoman occupation, Transylvania populated largely by Romanians was under Austrian domination, and Bessarabia was occupied by Russia from 1812. Not only that the Romanians in those provinces were subject to other states, but Romania itself, was under Ottoman sovereignty, at least formal.
It was not the first such gesture of Carol I: Shortly after entering the country, he is quoted saying that He does not plann to stand under the sultan obedience for too long and in 1867, Romania participate separately from the Ottoman Empire at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
Issued in only 100 or 200 copies, "The Pole of Carol I" 6.45 g, gold 90%, copper 10% ( Pole = 20 lei) was never put into circulation, but sent by the Ottomans to smelters.
In accordance with this article
http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/povestea-polului-lui-carol-o-moneda-de-100000-de-euro-910716.html
this coin can be sold for 100,000 Euros.

this site evaluates it of only 10,000 euros
http://romaniancoins.org/20lei1868.html

There were two other silver coins
http://romaniancoins.org/2lei1869.html
http://romaniancoins.org/50bani1869.html

The difference is:
Carol I, king of the Romanians.
vs
Carol I, king of the Romania

 

I do collect actively older Romanian banknotes until the 1952 series, but I have not ventured much into the coins yet but sometime want to collect the LMU era coins(pre WWI) and perhaps these new 50 bani coins.

 

A several coins yet!
Peoples Republic of Romania.
5 bani 1956, copper-nickel-zinc, weight - 2,4 g.

 

5 bani 1963, nickel clad steel, weight - 1,7 g. The single release only.

 

10 bani 1952, copper-nickel, weight - 1,8 g. The single release only.

 

Socialist Republic of Romania.
15 bani 1966, nickel clad steel, weight - 2,88 g. The single release only.