fwo_841680 - ROMANIA - MICHAEL I 500 Lei 1941
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Price : 20.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 20.00 €
Type : 500 Lei
Date: 1941
Quantity minted : 775000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 24,91 g.
Edge : en creux
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie nettoyée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MIHAI . I. REGELE. ROMANILOR.
Obverse description : Tête nu à gauche de Michel Ier.
Reverse
Reverse legend : +MOLDOVA. LVI. STEFAN. IN. VECI. A. ROMANIEI+ 500 LEI.
Reverse description : St Etienne à genoux à gauche présentant le monastère de Putna.
Historical background
ROMANIA - MICHAEL I
(1927-1930 and 1940-1947)
Michael I (born in 1921) is the son of Charles II (1893-1953), King of Romania from 1930 to 1940, and Helen of Greece. King on the death of his grandfather, Ferdinand I, in 1927, he was overthrown by his father in 1930 then the latter abdicated in his favor in 1940. After the Communists came to power, he had to abdicate a second time in 1947. He is still pretender to the throne. Married to Anne de Bourbon-Parme in 1948, he has five daughters.
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