The only way is UP!:
This box requires you have one of each of 4 romanian coins (1 ban, 5 bani, 10 bani, 50 bani).
If you don't have 1 Ban, go to a Mega Image store and ask for one, they always have.
Also keep a coin as a memory for yourself, because the 1 Ban coin is more expensive to produce than the coin itself.
In the box you will find a coin. You need to take the coin from the box and replace it with the next one.
Examples:
- 1 Ban => Take 1 Ban, put 5 Bani
- 5 Bani => Take 5 Bani, put 10 Bani
- 10 Bani => Take 10 Bani, put 50 Bani
- 50 Bani => Take 50 Bani, put 1 Ban
Other:
At any moment the box must contain exactly one coin.
If you don't have the correct coin, just write in the journal, don't mess with the coin.
If the coin is missing, start it again by putting 1 Ban.
Some history:
The 2005 coin series appeared as result of the new leu introduction, following the decision of the National Bank to denominalize the leu. The operation's name was quickly switched to denomination, just as if intending to cover the true nature of the word. Denominalization is a financial term of French origin, apparently not existing in English. Accordingly to Romanian dictionaries, its meaning is to reduce the nominal value of currency tokens, transformation operated in periods of accentuated currency depreciation whereas to denominate means to give a name to something and has Italian origin.
A somewhat similar term is that of monetary stabilization, meaning an assembly of measures undertaken by the state to strengthen national currency. The stabilization is performed after a previous inflation and presumes cease of excedentary money issuing and termination of surplus paper money in circulation. Another term is that of monetary reform, signifying the replacement of the currency system or modification of important parts of it. In 1947 Romania had a stabilization and in 1952 monetary reform. The differences between stabilization, reform and denominalization are not very clear to us. All these operations ended in reducing the calculation values in a ratio of 20.000:1 (1947), 20:1 (1952) and now in 2005 of 10.000:1. In 1947 every citizen was allowed to exchange a certain, fixed amount of money that was proffesion dependent.
The first monetary reform was performed in Romania in 1867, when the leu with its subdivision ban was introduced.
1 new leu is equivalent to 10.000 old lei, so the 1 ban now issued is equivalent to 100 old lei, coin that did not circulate in Romania the last few years due to its minute value (about one third of an eurocent). The new coins entered circulation on the 1st of July 2005. The old coins and banknotes will circulate over to December 31st 2006, and afterwards they will still be able to be exchaged into new currency inside National Bank branches. The campaign to popularize the new currency started long before. Since March 1st 2005 all prices have been compulsorily posted in both old and new values.
The design of the coins is very dull and blunt, overcoming in platitude and lack of inspiration all Romanian coins struck to present, as a natural continuation of the Romanian coinage involution (even 50 bani of 1947 and 1, 3 and 5 bani of 1952 look better). It is hard to believe that Romania will ever issue coins less atractive that these comprised by the 2005 series.
http://romaniancoins.org/1ban2005.html