Romania 1942 200 lei

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75514

This specimen was lot 75514 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ROMANIA. 200 Lei, 1942. Bucharest Mint. Michael I. PCGS MS-63. This pleasing wartime issue delivers rich details, with sharp luster and only limited signs of marking." In 1940, Moldavia was annexed to the USSR. Stalin's land grab strengthened the hand of the right wing Fascist groups in Romania. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in autumn 1941, Romania came in on the German side, a rash choice she would later regret.

Recorded mintage: 30,025,000.

Specification: 6 g, 0.835 fine silver, 24 mm diameter, edge lettered NIHIL SINE DEO.

Catalog reference: KM-63.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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