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5 Lei - Mihai I
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned Romanian coat of arms shield at the centre divides the denomination numeral 5 to the left and the currency inscription LEI to the right. Five-pointed stars flank the shield on each side. The shield bears the traditional quartered arms of Romania. The mintmark, where present, appears below the shield. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Romania's 1930 coinage was issued under deeply unstable political conditions. Mihai I had assumed the throne in 1927 at age five following his father Carol's abdication and exile, but Carol returned in June 1930 and engineered his own restoration — meaning coins struck that year bearing Mihai's effigy were produced while a dynastic coup was actively unfolding. By the end of 1930, Carol II was king and Mihai had been reduced to Crown Prince.
The reign's brevity makes the 1930 nickel-brass issues a one-year type for Mihai I's first reign.