Romania's postwar coinage underwent several quiet revisions as the newly installed communist government worked to sever visual and material ties with the preceding regimes. The 1955 25 Bani belongs to a transitional run adjusted from earlier variants — KM#85.3 distinguishes itself from its predecessors by a modified reverse die, a detail that still trips up collectors who lump the three subvariants together.
Romania's postwar coinage underwent several quiet revisions as the newly installed communist government worked to sever visual and material ties with the preceding regimes. The 1955 25 Bani belongs to a transitional run adjusted from earlier variants — KM#85.3 distinguishes itself from its predecessors by a modified reverse die, a detail that still trips up collectors who lump the three subvariants together.