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100 Lei - FAO Pattern
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Engraver(s) | Vasile Gabor |
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| Obverse description | The Romanian state coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a golden eagle displayed, holding a cross in its beak, a mace in its right talon and a sword in its left talon, with a quartered escutcheon on its breast bearing the traditional emblems of the Romanian lands. The denomination '100' appears to the left of the arms and 'LEI' to the right, with the country name 'ROMANIA' arched along the upper legend. Two sprigs of laurel flank the lower portion of the arms, and the engraver's initials 'V.G.' together with the date '1995' appear in the exergue below. |
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| Obverse lettering | ROMANIA 100 LEI VG 1995 |
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This piece was struck as part of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's global coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1990s and encouraged member nations to issue coins promoting food security and agricultural development — often with little coordination between the FAO and the actual minting authorities. Romania's participation came during a period of significant economic dislocation following the collapse of Ceaușescu's regime in 1989, when the national currency was under sustained inflationary pressure. That a pattern rather than a circulation issue resulted is consistent with the program's uneven execution across member states.