Romania has a long history of wonderful coins. In October a rare 1939 Romanian 100 Lei will go up for auction, small preview via Coin Update, estimate is $101,000. Also a new Romanian coin law just passed to honor novelist Marin Preda with three dates; birth, death, and year.
Now this one from my vault has been demonetized and would have been worth $140 if the exchange was applied, oh well maybe they will remonetize (Firefox is telling me that is not a real word) it someday.
The edge on this thick coin has ♦ ROMANIA ♦ ROMANIA ♦ ROMANIA and in this one what seems to be a bit of doubling. Well maybe a weak first strike but if you look carefully on the first edge image there is a faint second impression of the word ROMANIA. I am not sure what to call that but I doubt it brings any extra value. These are aluminum coins made in unknown amounts and not much interest in errors.
Still hopefully interest in Romanian coins will grow and one day I will toss this up on eBay as a super rarity. Probably not.
Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 500 Lei / Romania
Year: 1999
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Aluminum
Value: $0.35 in VF
Do you have a Romanian coin and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.
