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ROMANIA 20 LEI GOLD COIN 3 KINGS MEDALLIC ISSUE, WW2 1944.
ROMANIA 20 LEI GOLD COIN, 1944 - PATRIOTIC WORLD WAR 2 MEDALLIC ISSUE HONORING THREE KINGS OF ROMANIA COMMEMORATING THE RECOVERY OF LOST TERRITORIES IN TRANSYLVANIA AND AN ARMISTACE WITH ALLIED FORCES.
REIGN OF KING MICHAEL I (SECOND REIGN-1940-1947)
KM # M13
6.4516 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.1867 OZ AGW)
20.9 MM IN DIAMETER
Obverse: CONJOINED PORTRAIT BUSTS OF MIHAI VITEAZUL (MICHAEL "THE BRAVE, UNIFYER OF MOLDAVIA, WALLACHIA & TRANSYLVANIA), FERDINAND I (WHO REUNITED TRANSYLVANIA WITH ROMANIA DURING WWI) AND MICHAEL I WITHIN CIRCLE; ROMANIAN LEGEND ABOVE "ARDEALUL NOSTRU (OUR TRANSYLVANIA)" AND DATES ASSOCIATED WITH KINGS BELOW "1601, 1918, 1944".
Reverse: CENTER A CROWNED EAGLE HEAD WITH CROSS IN BEAK (ROYAL CREST OF ROMANIA), 11 PROVINCIAL SHIELDS OF ARMS SURROUNDING (REPRESENTING THE RECOVERED COUNTIES OF TRANSYLVANIA).