Issued to mark the 650th anniversary of Sighișoara's first documentary attestation, this commemorative continues Romania's long-running program of city-themed leu pieces. Sighișoara's medieval citadel has remained continuously inhabited since the Saxon colonists of the 12th century — one of the very few such fortified towns in Europe where that claim holds without interruption.
Issued to mark the 650th anniversary of Sighișoara's first documentary attestation, this commemorative continues Romania's long-running program of city-themed leu pieces. Sighișoara's medieval citadel has remained continuously inhabited since the Saxon colonists of the 12th century — one of the very few such fortified towns in Europe where that claim holds without interruption.