%3Cstrong%3EComposition%26nbsp%3B%3C/strong%3ECopper%3Cspan style%3D%22font-family%3Asans-serif%3B font-size%3A11px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Eplated%3Cspan style%3D%22font-family%3Asans-serif%3B font-size%3A11px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Esteel%0A%3Cdiv%3EYear 2012%3C/div%3E%0A%3Cbr /%3E%0A%3Cspan style%3D%22font-family%3Asans-serif%3B font-size%3A13px%22%3EThe%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cstrong%3Efive bani coin%3C/strong%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-family%3Asans-serif%3B font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3Bis a coin of the%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3ERomanian leu%3Cspan style%3D%22font-family%3Asans-serif%3B font-size%3A13px%22%3E. It is the second-lowest denomination of the present circulating coins%2C introduced to circulation on 1 July 2005%2C%3C/span%3E%0A%0A%3Cdiv%3E%0A%3Ch3%3EPrincipality of Romania %26amp%3B Kingdom of Romania%3C/h3%3E%0A%0A%3Ch3%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3EThe first five-bani coin was struck in 1867 by two different mints in%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3EBirmingham%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%2C%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3EEngland%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%3A%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3EHeaton%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3Eand Watt %26amp%3B Co. The coin measured 25mm in diameter and weighed 5g. It was composed of 95%25%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Ecopper%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%2C 4%25%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Etin%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3Eand 1%25%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Ezinc%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E. The obverse featured the name of the country and its coat of arms. The reverse featured the denomination within a laurel branch and oak%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Ebranch%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E. The denomination within the wreath read%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cem%3E5 BANI%3C/em%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3Eand 1867. Each mint struck 12.5 million of the coin. Watt %26amp%3B Co. used the%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3Emintmark%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cem%3EWATT %26amp%3B C%3C/em%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3Ebelow the wreath while Heaton used one of%3C/span%3E%3Cem%3EHEATON%3C/em%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3E. The coins entered circulation on 1 January 1868.%3C/span%3E%3C/h3%3E%0A%0A%3Cp%3EA second five-bani coin was struck only in 1900%2C in%26nbsp%3BBrussels%2C%26nbsp%3BBelgium. It measured 19mm in diameter and weighed 3.5g. It was made of 75%25 copper and 25%25%26nbsp%3Bnickel. Its obverse featured the crown of Romania above the date within a wreath of a laurel branch and oak branch. The reverse featured the denomination and name of the country. A total of 20 million were issued.%3C/p%3E%0A%0A%3Cp%3EThe third five-bani coin entered circulation in 1905 and also saw issue the following year. Although the same diameter and composition%2C it weighed 1g less %282.5g%29 due to a hole through the centre. On the obverse%2C the crown was placed above the hole and the name of the country was written on a scroll underneath. The reverse featured the denomination at the top%2C a rose on each side of the middle and the year at the bottom. The coins were designed by Anton Scharff%2C chief engraver at the%26nbsp%3BAustrian Mint%26nbsp%3Bin%26nbsp%3BVienna. The 2 million coins of 1905 were minted exclusively at Brussels while in 1906 24 million from%26nbsp%3BHamburg%2C%26nbsp%3BGermany%26nbsp%3Bsupplemented 48 million from Brussels. The Hamburg-struck coins feature a %26%2339%3BJ%26%2339%3B mintmark below the scroll on the obverse while those of Brussels are without a mintmark.%3C/p%3E%0A%0A%3Ch3%3EPeople%26%2339%3Bs Republic of Romania %26amp%3B Socialist Republic of Romania%3C/h3%3E%0A%0A%3Ch3%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3EThe denomination returned in 1952 under communist rule. The new coin was 20mm in diamteter and weighed 2.4g. It was composed of 95%25 copper and 5%25%26nbsp%3Baluminium. The obverse featured Romania%26%2339%3Bs communist coat of arms while the reverse had the denomination and year in plain type. The coin was struck in%26nbsp%3BMoscow%26nbsp%3Bin Soviet%26nbsp%3BRussia%26nbsp%3Band 78.4 million were issued in 1952.%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A11px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3EIn 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%26nbsp%3BBucharest%2C Romania%26%2339%3Bs capital. The coin was issued until 1958 although most from that year bore the date of 1957.%3C/h3%3E%0A%0A%3Cp%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3EIn 1963 the five-bani was reintroduced as a 95%25%26nbsp%3Bsteel%26nbsp%3Bcoin with 5%25 nickel as plating. It was also smaller and lighter%2C with a diameter of 16mm and a mass of 1.7g. The designs remained the same. A total of 95.7 million were struck between 1963 and 1966%2C all with the date of 1963.%26nbsp%3BAn updated coin featuring the arms of the%26nbsp%3BRomanian Socialist Republic%26nbsp%3B%28proclaimed 21 August 1965%29 entered circulation in 1967 yet was dated 1966. The 1968 issue was also dated 1966%2C a total of 106.881 million five-bani coins with the Socialist arms were released.%3C/span%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A11px%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/span%3EAfter seven years with no production%2C the denomination was revived in 1975 with the same design and dimensions%2C but was made entirely of aluminium and thus weighed only 0.55g. No more production was done in the following years due to inflation.%3C/p%3E%0A%0A%3Ch3%3ERepublic of Romania%3C/h3%3E%0A%0A%3Ch3%3E%3Cspan style%3D%22font-size%3A13px%22%3EThe present five-bani coin was introduced on 1 July 2005 as Romania redenominated its currency by 10%2C000 old lei to one new%2C thus replacing the old 500 lei coin. Early versions of the coin from its first year%2C 2005%2C have a diameter that is 0.05mm narrower.%3C/span%3E%3C/h3%3E%0A%3C/div%3E%0A%0A%3Cdiv%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C/div%3E%0A%0A%3Cdiv%3E%0A%3Ctable cellspacing%3D%223%22 class%3D%22infobox vevent%22 style%3D%22background-color%3Argb%28249%2C 249%2C 249%29%3B border-spacing%3A3px%3B border%3A1px solid rgb%28170%2C 170%2C 170%29%3B clear%3Aright%3B color%3Argb%280%2C 0%2C 0%29%3B font-family%3Asans-serif%3B font-size%3A11px%3B line-height%3A1.5em%3B margin%3A0.5em 0px 0.5em 1em%3B padding%3A0.2em%3B width%3A22em%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccaption%3EFive bani%3C/caption%3E%0A%09%3Ctbody%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd colspan%3D%222%22 style%3D%22text-align%3Acenter%3B vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E%3Cstrong%3ERomania%3C/strong%3E%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EValue%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E0.05%26nbsp%3BRomanian leu%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EMass%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E2.78%26nbsp%3Bg%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EDiameter%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E18.25%26nbsp%3Bmm%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EThickness%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E1.6%26nbsp%3Bmm%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EEdge%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3EMilled with 102 reeds%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EComposition%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3ECopper%26nbsp%3Bplated%26nbsp%3Bsteel%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EYears of minting%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E1867%2C 1900%2C 1905-1906%2C 1952-1958%2C 1963-68%2C 1975%2C 2005-present%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth colspan%3D%222%22 style%3D%22text-align%3Acenter%3B vertical-align%3Atop%22%3EObverse%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd colspan%3D%222%22 style%3D%22text-align%3Acenter%3B vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E%3Cimg alt%3D%225 bani 2005 obverse.jpg%22 src%3D%22https%3A//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/5_bani_2005_obverse.jpg%22 style%3D%22border%3Anone%3B height%3A181px%3B vertical-align%3Amiddle%3B width%3A200px%22 /%3E%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EDesign%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E%26%2339%3BROMANIA%26%2339%3B%2C%26nbsp%3BCoat of arms%2C eight four-pointed stars%2C year of minting%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EDesign date%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E2004/2005%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth colspan%3D%222%22 style%3D%22text-align%3Acenter%3B vertical-align%3Atop%22%3EReverse%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd colspan%3D%222%22 style%3D%22text-align%3Acenter%3B vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E%3Cimg alt%3D%225 bani 2005 reverse.jpg%22 src%3D%22https%3A//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/5_bani_2005_reverse.jpg%22 style%3D%22border%3Anone%3B height%3A180px%3B vertical-align%3Amiddle%3B width%3A200px%22 /%3E%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EDesign%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E5 BANI%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%09%3Ctr%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Cth scope%3D%22row%22 style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%3B white-space%3Anowrap%22%3EDesign date%3C/th%3E%0A%09%09%09%3Ctd style%3D%22vertical-align%3Atop%22%3E2004/2005%3C/td%3E%0A%09%09%3C/tr%3E%0A%09%3C/tbody%3E%0A%3C/table%3E%0A%3C/div%3E%0A