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50 Bani - Carol I
| Issuer | Romania |
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| Year | 1881 |
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| Weight | 2.5 g |
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| Reverse description | The Romanian royal coat of arms, featuring a quartered shield supported by two rampant lions and surmounted by a royal crown, occupies the central field. A ribbon banner beneath the shield bears the motto NIHIL SINE DEO. The date 18 81 is divided on either side of the shield, with the Vienna mint mark V positioned below left. The denomination 50 BANI appears in the lower exergual area, and the legend ROMANIA arches along the upper periphery. A beaded border frames the entire composition. |
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| Mintage | 1881 V - - 1,000,000 |
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1881 was Romania's coronation year — Carol I formally became king in March, ending the country's status as a principality and establishing the Kingdom of Romania. This 50 Bani issue was part of the first coinage struck under royal authority, a deliberate assertion of the newly sovereign state's monetary independence from the Ottoman-era arrangements that had persisted through the preceding decades of Carol's reign as prince.
The series was struck at the Brussels mint, which handled much of Romania's silver coinage during this period before domestic minting capacity was established at Bucharest.