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25 Lei - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 25 Lei |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Queen Maria of Romania in right-facing half profile, rendered in high relief within a beaded border. The legend MARIA REGINA ROMANILOR arcs above, with the date 1922 positioned below, flanking the effigy. The portrait exhibits fine medallic workmanship characteristic of the early twentieth-century French school of engraving. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Struck to commemorate Ferdinand I's coronation at Alba Iulia on October 15, 1922 — a ceremony of considerable political weight, being the first coronation held on Transylvanian soil and deliberately staged to assert Romania's postwar territorial gains under the Treaty of Trianon. The choice of Alba Iulia was calculated: the city had been the seat of Michael the Brave, the 16th-century prince who briefly unified the Romanian principalities, and the symbolism was not lost on contemporaries.
Medallic issues of this type saw limited official distribution, most going directly to dignitaries and foreign heads of state attending the coronation.