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100 Lei FIFA World Cup - Pattern
| Issuer | National Bank of Romania |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 100 Lei (100 ROL) |
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| Obverse lettering | ROMANIA 100 LEI V.G. |
| Reverse description | The copper-nickel centre features a large football (soccer ball) as the dominant design element, with a Gallic rooster standing to the right in front of it, serving as a symbol of France, the host nation of the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The Eiffel Tower is depicted in the lower left field of the centre, rendered in relief against the dark background. The curved legend CAMPIONATUL MONDIAL DE FOTBAL arcs along the upper portion of the brass ring, while FRANTA-98 appears in bold lettering along the lower arc, commemorating the tournament's host country and year. |
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Romania qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France — their fifth appearance overall and arguably their strongest squad, built around Hagi, Mureșan, and Popescu. The National Bank issued commemorative coinage for the tournament, but this bimetallic piece never entered circulation. Pattern strikes of this type were produced in very limited numbers for official presentation and archival purposes, leaving the circulating commemorative program to proceed with a different specification.
The Stamb#P438.2 designation distinguishes this from at least one other known pattern variant for the same issue.