2 Bani - Carol I

Features

Issuer	Romania
King	Carol I (1881-1914)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1900
Value	2 Bani (0.02)
Currency	First leu (1867-1947)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2 g
Diameter	20 mm
Thickness	0.9 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 8256
References	KM# 27 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 26 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Head of Carol I left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CAROL I REGE AL ROMANIEI
KULLRICH

Engraver: Friedrich Wilhelm Kullrich

Reverse

Crowned arms with supporters within crowned mantle, divided date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ROMANIA
19 00
NIHIL SINE DEO
B 2 BANI

Translation:
ROMANIA
19 00
NOTHING WITHOUT GOD
B 2 BANI

Edge

Plain

Mint

Hamburg Mint (Hamburgische Münze), Germany (801-date)

Comments

Although bearing the Romanian B (standing for Bucharest), the 2 bani corners from 1900 were struck in Hamburg.
http://romaniancoins.org/2bani1900.html
Nihil sine Deo (Nothing without God/'s will/) was the motto of the Romanian Kingdom (1878-1947) while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty.

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1900 B			20 000 000			$ 3.40	$ 4.50	$ 7.90	$ 12	$ 35

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