Fifty bani
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The fifty-bani coin is a coin of the Romanian leu. The fifty-bani is also the only coin of Romania to not be steel-based, but be made completely of an alloy, and was also the first coin in the country to have a written inscription on its edge, with the introduction of 4 new coins in 2019.
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Romania | |
Value | 0.50 Romanian leu |
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Mass | 6.1 g |
Diameter | 23.75 mm |
Thickness | 1.9 mm |
Edge | Plain, inscribed ROMANIA * ROMANIA * |
Composition | Copper 80%, Zinc 15%, Nickel 5% |
Years of minting | 1873, 1876, 1881, 1884-1885, 1894, 1900-1901, 1910-1912, 1914, 1921, 1955-56, 2005-present |
Obverse | |
Design | 'ROMANIA', value, Coat of arms |
Design date | 2012 |
Reverse | |
Design | Neagoe Basarab, Curtea de Argeș Cathedral |
Design date | 2012 |
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In addition to Romania, the coin has been minted in the United Kingdom (1867), Belgium (1894, 1910–1912 and 1914), Germany (1900–1901, 1910–1911 and 1914), Switzerland (1921), Hungary (1947), and Russia (1952).