Bulgaria.

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  1. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    20 stotinkas 1974, copper-nickel, weight - 3 g., size - 21 mm, mintage - unknown. Minted in Sofia (Bulgaria). Such coins were released at 1974, 1979-80 and 1988-90. Type: "Two dates on ribbon: "681-1944".
     

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  3. Siberian Man

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    That is all till now.
     
  4. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Ferdinand I as the Prince.
    2 stotinkas 1901, bronze, weight - 2 g., size - 20 mm, mintage - 40000000 pcs. Engraver: Alfred Borrel. Paris Mint.
     

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    Peoples republic.
    25 stotinkas 1951, copper-nickel, weight - 3,5 g., size - 22 mm, mintage - unknown. Minted in Leningrad (USSR). Single release.
     

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  6. Siberian Man

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    1 lev 1960, copper-nickel, weight - 5,2 g., size - 25 mm, mintage unknown, artistic designer unknown. Minted in Sofia (Bulgaria). Single release.
     

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  7. Siberian Man

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    Prince Alexander I (1879-1886).
    5 stotinki 1881, bronze (Cu-Sn-Zn), size - 25 mm, weight - 5 g., mintage - 10000000 pcs. Single release. "Ralph Heaton & Sons" Mint (Birmingham).
     

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  8. Siberian Man

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    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 10,82 g., size - 30 mm, thickness - 2,16 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Stefan Nenov & Georgi Chapkunov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 years of Bulgaria: mother and child".
     

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  9. Siberian Man

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    20 stotinkas 1962, copper-nickel, weight - 3 g., size - 21,2 mm, thickness - 1,15 mm, mintage unknown. Sofia Mint. Single release.
     

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  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

    Is that a proof? Handsome coin.
     
  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

    I once found a nice, nearly Uncirculated example of this type in a world coin bulk lot. Neat coin.
     
  12. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    I think so. It is Proof. But this coin isn't expensive. I got it for $4.
     
  13. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11,1 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Lyubomir Prahov & Petar Braikov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300th Anniversary of Nationhood: The Liberation".
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  14. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Appealing design ... except the part below the woman with the sword and the lion. Looks a little strange, as if they first had wanted to put a date or inscription there and then gave the idea up. :)

    Christian
     
  15. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    I got it today less than for $7.

    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Lyubomir Prahov & Petar Braikov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 Years Bulgaria: Haidouks".
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  16. Siberian Man

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    New addition.
    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Lyubomir Prahov & Petar Braikov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 Years Bulgaria: The Republic".
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  17. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Stefan Nenov & Georgi Chapkunov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 Years of Bulgaria: Ivan Assen II".
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    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Lyubomir Prahov & Petar Braikov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 Years of Bulgaria: Bouzloudja, 1891".
    Bouzloudja is a mountain in central Bulgaria. It was the place where the first Bulgarian socialists are meeting at 1891.
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

    Here is a medieval Bulgarian coin I had on my old "Holey Coin Vest". It was a gift from a Collectors Universe member in Bulgaria.
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  20. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Stefan Nenov & Georgi Chapkunov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 years of Bulgaria: The Boyana Church".
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    2 levs 1981, copper-nickel, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Asen Stareishinski & Bogomil Nikolov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "1300 Years Bulgaria: the Union of Eastern Rumelia with the Bulgarian Principality".
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