Romania 1894 50 bani
This specimen was lot 838 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $907.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "ROMANIA, Kingdom. Carol I. 1881-1914. AR 50 Bani. Dated 1894. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 64. Coin is a white gem with lustrous prooflike obverse and satiny white reverse. Purchased from Bob Van Bebber, January 1983." This type was struck in Bucharest 1894 and 1900-01 to the standard of a French silver fifty centimes. It is common, tho this specimen sold for ten times the catalog value. Prince Carol was promoted to king in 1881.
Recorded mintage: 600,000.
Specification: 2.5 g, 0.835 fine silver, 19 mm diameter, this specimen Ø18 mm, 2.50 g, 6h axis.
Catalog reference: KM 23; Y 24.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.
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