Romania, communist Socialist Republic, Bucharest mint, engraver H. Ionescu, 1966 AD., struck 1967-68 AD. and later,
25 Bani (ø 22 mm / 3,26 g), nickel clad steel (95% steel plated with 5% nickel), 3,38 g. theor. mint weight, mintage: 18.955.000 (and more), axes coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), plain edge,
Obv.: REPUBLICA SOCIALISTA ROMANIA / • 1966 • /REPUBLICA - SOCIALISTA - ROMANIA , national emblem of the Socialist Republic of Romania (wreath of wheat ears, star above, sun with rays above mountain below with trees in foreground, banner below), REPUBLICA - SOCIALISTA - ROMANIA on ribbon in arms, year 1966 below, flanked by a pair of small squares on either side..
Rev.: 25 / BANI , value and denomination above tractor driving l. on a field, wheat ears to r.
KM 94 .
Year / Mintage
1966 / 18.955.000 (til 1968 AD. - and probably more later)
from http://romaniancoins.org/25bani1960.html: "The tractor represented on the coin is a UTOS tractor manufactured at BraÅŸov. Most likely it is a 45 horsepower UTOS-26, the first Romanian tractor with tires meant for ploughing, model manufactured between 1957 and 1962 at Uzina de Tractoare OraÅŸul Stalin (hence the name of the tractor), meaning Tractor Plant "Stalin City" . The city of BraÅŸov was called OraÅŸul Stalin between 1950 and 1960. UTOS tractors were manufactured under MTZ license - Minsk Tractor Plant, USSR, today in Belarus.
The same tractor appears on the 25 bani coins from 1966 and 1982, although in the meantime the BraÅŸov Tractor Plant had introduced into production more performant tractors, as U-650."