Five bani

The first five-bani coin was struck in 1867 by two different mints in Birmingham, England: Heaton and Watt & Co.

The reverse featured the denomination at the top, a rose on each side of the middle and the year at the bottom.

The coins were designed by Anton Scharff, chief engraver at the Austrian Mint in Vienna.

The obverse featured Romania's communist coat of arms while the reverse had the denomination and year in plain type.

[4] In 1953 a star was added to the top of the coat of arms to make them similar to those of other communist nations and minting switched to Bucharest, Romania's capital.

[6] An updated coin featuring the arms of the Romanian Socialist Republic (proclaimed 21 August 1965) entered circulation in 1967 yet was dated 1966.

The 1968 issue was also dated 1966, a total of 106.881 million five-bani coins with the Socialist arms were released.

[7] After seven years with no production, the denomination was revived in 1975 with the same design and dimensions, but was made entirely of aluminium and thus weighed only 0.55g.