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10 Lei Sailboat
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 10 Lei (10 ROL) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Romanian state coat of arms, depicting an eagle displayed with a shield on its breast quartered with the traditional heraldic symbols of the Romanian provinces. The denomination '10 LEI' is divided on either side of the shield, with 'ROMANIA' inscribed in a curved legend along the upper rim. Two olive branches flank the base of the coat of arms, and the date 1996 appears in the exergue below. |
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| Obverse lettering | ROMANIA 10 LEI 1996 |
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Romania issued this coin in 1996 during a period of painful post-communist economic transition, when the leu was losing value rapidly and the country was navigating IMF austerity conditions. Nickel-plated steel was a deliberate cost-reduction choice as the National Bank of Romania restructured the circulating coinage — earlier 10 Lei pieces had been aluminum, reflecting a different set of production constraints under Ceaușescu's command economy.