The middle coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania (1922–1947) in centre, lettering across top, date at bottom, three stars either side.

Romania’s coat of arms has as a central element the shield placed on the chest of a crowned Aquila holding an Orthodox cross. Aquila is the genus of true eagles and a symbol of the Latinity of the Romanians. The Aquila was placed on a shield, capped with the Steel Crown.

The shield surmounting the eagle is divided into five fields, one for each historical province of Romania with its traditional symbol:
· golden Aquila - Wallachia
· aurochs - Moldavia and Bukovina
· dolphins - Dobruja
· a black Aquila, seven castles, a sun and a moon - Transylvania, Maramureș and Crișana
· lion and Trajan's bridge - Oltenia and the Banat

The Steel Crown of King Carol I of Romania was forged at the Army Arsenal in Bucharest of the steel of a cannon captured by the Romanian Army from the Ottomans during the War of Independence (1877–1878). Carol I chose steel, and not gold, to symbolize the bravery of the Romanian soldiers. He received it during the ceremonies of his coronation and of the proclamation of Romania as a kingdom in 1881.

Nihil sine Deo, Latin for "Nothing without God", is used as a motto by the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen royal family. This formula was the motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (1878–1947).

Denomination and description above sprigs.

There are coins with thunderbolt mintmark (Poissy mint) and without mintmark (Brussels mint). The mark is above the wreath and below E of LEU.

Translation: Good for 1 Leu