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Description
Carol I (1839–1914), born Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, was the ruler of Romania from 1866 to 1914. He was elected Ruling Prince (Domnitor) of the Romanian United Principalities on 20 April 1866 after the overthrow of Alexandru Ioan Cuza by a palace coup d'état. In May 1877, he proclaimed Romania an independent and sovereign nation. The defeat of the Ottoman Empire (1878) in the Russo-Turkish War secured Romanian independence. He was proclaimed King of Romania on 26 March [O.S. 14 March] 1881. He was the first ruler of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty, which ruled the country until the proclamation of a republic in 1947.
Obverse
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Depics a coat of arms of the Romanian United Principalities (1867–1872). The left supporter was a woman holding a curved Dacian sword standing for province Dacia, and the right supporter was a rampant (reguardant) lion. Below the shield, on a ribbon, stood the Latin sentence NOTHING WITHOUT GOD belonging to the Hohenzollern family. The state name above. ROMANIA |
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Reverse
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Value and date within oak and laurel wreath. Mint name below. 10 |
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