Bulgaria.

Any idea where these were struck?

 

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The smaller of the two gold restrikes dated 1912.

Ferdinand I was considered to be more of a Tsar than a King, and also apparently a big player in the then fashionable sport of clandestinely cavorting with other gay men. (I never have understood the coming-out thing, I always assumed half the fun of being gay was sneaking around).

Check this out, especially the marriage proposal part. Just hysterical.

http://gayinfluence.blogspot.com/2012/02/ferdinand-i-of-bulgaria.html

 

Sorry I do not know... it does not say in my Krause coin catalogs.

 

I'm going to guess they were both struck in Russia.

 

2 levs 1988, copper-nickel, proof, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Stefan Nenov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "100 Years Kliment Ochridski University in Sofia".

 

On my last visit to Bulgaria I spent a very pleasant couple of hours perusing the antique shops in Nessobar, I bought a great quantity of early coins from the days of the tsars for a very reasonable price.

 

2 levs 1987, copper-nickel, proof, weight - 11 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 300000 pcs. Artistic design: Marko Markov & Ventsislav Petrov. Sofia Mint (Bulgaria). "XV Winter Olympic Games, Calgary (Canada) 1988".

 

Bulgaria hasn't been a particular focus of mine (yet), but I picked up these three:
2 Leva, 1891, Ferdinand I, 0.835 Ag
50 Leva, 1940, Boris III, Cu-Ni
10 Leva, 1943, Boris III, Ni-plated steel