Description

Engraver: Vasile Gabor

Obverse

The coat of arms within sprigs. Date below.

The coat of arms of Romania is based on the Lesser Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Romania (used between 1922 and 1947), redesigned by Victor Dima. As a central element it shows a crowned eagle holding an Orthodox cross in its beak and a mace and a sword in its claws.

On the bird’s chest there is a quartered escutcheon with the symbols of the historical Romanian provinces: Wallachia (golden eagle), Moldavia and Bukovina (aurochs), Transylvania Maramureș and Crișana (black eagle, seven castles, sun and moon), Oltenia and the Banat (lion and Trajan's bridge) and two dolphins reminding of the country’s Black Sea Coast Dobruja.


Romania 1992 coat of arms - an eagle (aquila) with a shield on top. It is divided into five parts, which represent the five provinces > Wallachia - golden eagle, Moldavia - cattle (aurochs), Oltenia and Banat - lion and bridge, Dobrogea - dolphins, Transylvania - black eagle + seven castles + sun + moon.

V.G
1999

Reverse

Value within 3/4 wreath.

ROMANIA
500
LEI

Edge

Smooth with inscriptions and ♦ inbetween.

1999
Type A: edge readable with obverse up
Type B: edge readable with reverse up

ROMANIA ROMANIA ROMANIA

500 Lei

KM# 145 Schön# 161
Characteristics
Material Aluminium
Weight 3.7 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 3.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Romanian Mint (Monetăria Statului)

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