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20 Bani
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Currency | Third leu (1952-2005) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the state emblem of the Romanian People's Republic, depicting mountains, a rising sun, and forests within a wreath of wheat stalks tied with a ribbon in the national colors, surmounted by a five-pointed star. The circular legend REPUBLICA POPULARA ROMINA is inscribed around the periphery, with the monogram RPR and the date 1958 appearing in the lower field, flanked by two raised dots. |
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| Reverse description | The denomination 20 BANI is prominently displayed in large raised numerals and lettering in the upper field. Below, a tractor with an operator is shown moving to the left across the field, with a sheaf of wheat stalks and a combine harvester element rising to the right, evoking the agricultural and socialist themes of the era. The design is uncluttered, with the denomination legend and agricultural motif filling the reverse field. |
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Romania's postwar nickel coinage was produced under Soviet-aligned monetary reforms that restructured the leu system following the 1947 abolition of the monarchy and declaration of the People's Republic. The 1958 issues were struck at a moment when Romania still maintained close economic dependence on Moscow, before Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej began quietly distancing the country from Soviet directives in the early 1960s.
Stamb#229-1.1 distinguishes the first die variety in what became a short-lived type, superseded by the 1963 monetary reform that redenominated the leu at a ratio of 100 old to 1 new.