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100 Lei First Independent State
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1982-1983 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of the Socialist Republic of Romania occupies the central field, depicting a forested mountain landscape with a rising sun, an oil derrick, and conifer trees, all enclosed within a wreath of wheat ears tied with a ribbon bearing the inscriptions 'REPUBLICA SOCIALISTA' and 'ROMANIA', surmounted by a five-pointed star. The mint year is divided on either side of the arms, with '19' to the left and '82' or '83' to the right. The circular legend 'REPUBLICA SOCIALISTA ROMANIA' arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin characters. The denomination '100 LEI' appears in large numerals along the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Romania issued this coin during a period when Nicolae Ceaușescu was simultaneously destroying the country's architectural heritage and rebranding his regime as the heir to a continuous Romanian national identity. The "First Independent State" framing references the 1859 union of Moldavia and Wallachia under Alexandru Ioan Cuza — a unification Ceaușescu was particularly keen to co-opt as ideological ancestry for his own nationalist program.
The .925 silver content is notably fine for a communist-era commemorative, suggesting these were struck primarily for hard-currency export sales rather than domestic circulation.