Romania's communist coat of arms on the obverse. The reverse featured the denomination and year in plain type. The coin was minted at Moscow Mint in Soviet Russia and 67.4 million were issued. The next year a star was placed above the coat of arms, akin to other communist nations. For 1953, 8 million of the coin were issued from Bucharest, but after 15.3 million in 1954 the denomination was again demonetised. After 1989 On 1 July 2005, the leu was redenominated, with 10,000 old leu becoming equal to one new leu. Thus, the new 1 ban coin was equivalent to 100 old lei, a denomination which had been demonetised in 1996. The one-ban coins were sold to large shops in rolls of fifty. Two version of the new 1 ban coin exist, the first being 0.05mm wider in diameter. The first issues of all of Romania's new coins were of a different diameter to the present, but none by more than 0.15mm. References Coins of Romania One-cent coins 1867 introductions