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2 lei 1941 2 lei 1941
20 mm diameter, 3.2 g, zinc, flat edge
denomination "2 LEI", wreath made from corncobs, wheat ears and oat ears
inscription "REGATUL ROMANIEI" meaning "KINGDOM OF ROMANIA", crown, year 1941 and leaves (laurel above and oak bottom). Along the rim, at the bottom, is placed H. IONESCU, the engraver's name.

Mintage 101.778.000 coins.

The pictures above are present on Romanian coins through the kind permission of an anonymous donor.

2 lei 1941 - detail with the name of the engraver

The name of the engraver can be seen on the detailed picture above, Haralamb Ionescu. Struck in Bucharest. In Monetele Romāniei (Coins of Romania, by Iliescu and Radovici, 2004) the mintage figure is presumed to be 97.000.000 pieces.


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