Description: Uncirculated coin set fromSocialist Republic of ROMANIA(Scarce 6 Coin Collection)THE FRANKLIN MINT presents:Coin Sets of All Nations CollectionThis highly collectible set includes one of each coin, is MINT / uncirculated, preserved behind plastic inside a thick cardboard display. The Denomination, Metal, Size, and Weight is listed for each coin displayed. In addition to the coins, an authentic postage stamp is affixed and officially postmarked by the country of origin! ROMANIA Romania (formerly the Socialist Republic of Romania), a country in southeast Europe, has an area of 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km.) and a population of 23.2 million. Capital: Bucharest. Machinery, foodstuffs, raw minerals and petroleum products are exported. Heavy industry and oil have become increasingly important to the economy since 1959. A new constitution was adopted in 1923. During this period in history, the Romanian government struggled with domestic problems, agrarian reform and economic reconstruction. On August 23, 1944, King Mihai I proclaimed an armistice with the Allied Forces. The Romanian army drove out the Germans and Hungarians in northern Transylvania, but the country was subsequently occupied by the Soviet army. That monarchy was abolished on December 30, 1947, and Romania became a “People’s Republic” based on the Soviet regime. The process of sovietization included Soviet regime. The anti-Communist combative resistance movement developed frequent purges of dissidents: mainly political but also clerical, cultural and peasants. Romanian elite disappeared into the concentration camps. The anti-Communist combative resistance movement developed in spite of the Soviet army presence until 1956. The partisans remained in the mountains until 1964. With the accession of N. Ceausescu to power, Romania began to exercise a considerable degree of independence, refusing to participate in the invasion of Czechoslovakia (August 1968). In 1965, it was proclaimed a “Socialist Republic”. After 1977, an oppressed and impoverished domestic scene worsened. On December 17, 1989, an anti-Communist revolt in Timisoara. On December 22, 1989 the Communist government was overthrown. Ceausescu and his wife were arrested and later executed. The new government established a republic, the constitutional name being Romania. RULERS Carol I (as Prince), 1866-81 (as King), 1881-1914 Ferdinand I, 1914-1927 Mihai I, 1927-1930 Carol II, 1930-1940 Mihai I, 1940-1947 MINT MARKS (a) - Paris, privy marks only (b) - Brussels, privy marks only angel head (1872-1876), no marks (1894-1924) B - Bucharest (1870-1900) B - Hamburg, Germany C - Candescu, chief engineer of the Bucharest Mint (1870- ) FM - Franklin Mint, USA H - Heaton, Birmingham, England HF - Huguenin Freres & Co., Le Locle, Switzerland J - Hamburg KN - Kings Norton, Birmingham, England (p) - Thunderbolt - Poissy, France zig zag (1924) V - Vienna, Austria W - Watt (James Watt & Co.) Huguenin - Le Locle, Switzerland ( ) - no marks, 1930 (10, 20 Lei), 1932 (100 Lei), Royal Mint – LondonVOL3/3
Price: 19.95 USD
Location: Havertown, Pennsylvania
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Denomination: 5 Bani to 5 Lie
Year: 1966, 1975, 1982
Country/Region of Manufacture: Romania
Certification: Uncertified