ROMANIA 

KM 114

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
5 lei 21.1 3.3   Plain Nickel-pl-Steel Coin
Obverse Reverse
  Inscription along the rim: title of state. In the the center: face value between two oak twigs.

A new coinage (third leu) was introduced between 1990 and 1992, consisting 5 lei in nickel plated steel.

State coat of arms, the year of minting.

The Coat of arms of Romania was adopted in the Romanian Parliament on 10 Sept. 1992 as a representative coat of arms for Romania. It is based on the Lesser Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Romania (1922 and 1947).