King Khan Krum Kills Kitty (Bulgaria)

King Khan Krum Kills Kitty (Bulgaria)

Bulgaria 10 Leva 1930



This Bulgaria 1930 10 Leva coin shows "The Madara Horseman", "Krum" in the Cyrillic alphabet, and the date "814".

The "horseman" is a rock relief carved into a vertical cliff face depicting a life-size horseman, a lion, and a dog. It is located in northeast Bulgaria.

Before World War 2, the common belief was that the horseman was Khan Krum who ruled Bulgaria from 804 - 815 AD. In fact, a Bulgarian coin was minted in the 1930's with a picture of the relief credited to Khan Krum.

Many investigations later, a leading Bulgarian archaeologist, Vesilin Besheliev, determined the age of the relief at 705 AD, almost 100 years before Khan Krum.

The wrong king got credit on this coin.
I guess this makes it an "error coin".

 

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Have to say I quite like this :thumb:

De Orc :kewl:

 

There were Bulgarian 10 Leva coins that were last struck in 1943 with this design.The metallic composition is given as steel plated iron.That goes to show what happens when war
affects the value of a currency.It plummets downhill.

Since 1992,the Madara horseman has appeared on Bulgarian coins,but Krum's name is no longer given.

Aidan.

 

And here is the carving.......Madara Horseman

 

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I have that coin too , KM 40.