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50 bani, 1 leu and 2 lei 1910 - monetary patterns |
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| 18 mm diameter, 2.5 g, silver, grained edge denomination "50 BANI", ROMANIA, year 1910, crown and olive branches |
inscription "CAROL·I·REGE· ·AL·ROMANIEI" meaning "KING OF ROMANIA" and CAROL I head facing left. Under the neck lies TASSET, the engraver's name. At right, in the field, inscription ESSAI meaning essay in French. |
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| 23 mm diameter, 5 g, silver 83.5%, copper 16.5%, grained edge denomination "1 LEU", ROMANIA, year 1910 and spinster woman holding spindle and spinning yarn, with distaff and sickle in her belt; at lower left BASSARAB, along the rim (ensign of engraver Costache Bassarab) |
inscription "CAROL·I·REGE· ·AL·ROMANIEI" meaning "KING OF ROMANIA" and CAROL I head facing left. Under the neck lies TASSET, the engraver's name. At right, in the field, inscription ESSAI meaning essay in French. |
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| 27 mm diameter, 10 g, silver 83.5%, copper 16.5%, grained edge denomination "2 LEI", ROMANIA, year 1910, and spinster woman holding spindle and spinning yarn, with distaff and sickle in her belt; at lower left BASSARAB, along the rim (ensign of engraver Costache Bassarab) |
inscription "CAROL·I·REGE· ·AL·ROMANIEI" meaning "KING OF ROMANIA" and CAROL I head facing left. Under the neck lies TASSET, the engraver's name. At right, in the field, inscription ESSAI meaning essay in French. |
The pattern pictures above are present on Romanian coins through the kind permission of Ponterio & Associates, Inc., Bowers and Merena Auctions.
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