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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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| Value | 1 Leu |
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| Obverse description | At center, a vintage photographic view of a Bucharest street scene occupies the field. The national coat of arms of Romania appears prominently, with the face value '1 LEU' inscribed below. The legend 'ROMANIA' arcs along the upper periphery, and the year of issue '2017' is positioned in the lower portion of the design. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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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.