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5 Lei - Mihai I Reverse Trial
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Uniface trial piece with a completely blank, unworked field, devoid of any design, legend, or inscription. The plain surface, characteristic of a reverse trial strike, bears no effigy or decorative elements, confirming its status as a one-sided pattern intended solely to test the reverse die. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 LEI |
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Trial pieces for the 1930 Romanian coinage reform occupy an awkward historical moment: Mihai I was only eight years old when he first ascended the throne in 1927 following his father Carol's abdication, and the regency council governing in his name was already politically unstable by the time these pieces were being tested. Carol II would force his way back to retake the throne in June 1930, meaning some trial strikings from this year effectively became obsolete before regular production was fully underway.
The Stamb#139.1.1v designation identifies this specifically as a reverse trial variant — die testing without finalized obverse pairing.