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1 Leu The introduction of gas lighting in Bucharest
| Issuer | National Bank of Romania |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Fourth leu (2005-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ROMANIA 1 Leu 2017 |
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| Reverse lettering | INTRODUCEREA ILUMINATULUI PUBLIC CU PETROL LAMPANT IN BUCURESTI 160ANI |
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This piece belongs to Romania's long-running commemorative leu series documenting Bucharest's urban history. Gas lighting reached Bucharest in 1857, when the city contracted with a foreign firm to illuminate its main thoroughfares — making it one of the earlier Eastern European capitals to adopt the technology, ahead of several Western cities that wouldn't convert from oil lamps for another decade.