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50 Bani - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Romanian State Mint |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Bani (0.50) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large numeral '50' in bold relief, with the central hole incorporated into the design as the zero of the denomination. A detailed royal crown is positioned to the right of the numeral in the field. The word BANI appears in capital letters along the lower portion of the field, and the engraver's name HUGUENIN is inscribed in small letters along the lower rim. |
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Romania's postwar aluminum coinage of 1921 was a direct consequence of wartime metal depletion and the economic strain of reconstruction following the country's devastating losses between 1916 and 1918. Copper and nickel remained too strategically valuable for small denomination coinage, forcing the Romanian State Mint toward aluminum as a practical expedient.
Ferdinand I had only recently been recognized as king of a dramatically enlarged Romania following the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, which doubled the country's prewar territory. These coins circulated into a nation still absorbing Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina simultaneously.