5 Lei - Mihai I Reverse Trial

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.