Bulgaria.

During 1396-1879 Bulgaria belonged the Turkey. In 1878 Russian Empire won Russian-Turkish war and Bulgaria become a self-government Principality under the Turkish protectorate (as the Turkish vassal).
The independent Kingdom of Bulgaria was found in 1908. Ferdinand I was the first Tsar of Bulgaria.
When Bulgaria lost the WW I in 1918, Ferdinand I abdikated from the throne and Boris III become the second Bulgarian tsar.
During the WW II Bulgaria was German"s ally. In 1943, when Boris III refused to attack the USSR, he was poisined (by the Germans) and his son Simeon II become the third Bulgarian tsar.
In 1946 Bulgarian monarchy was abolished and Bulgaria become a republic.

 

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Bulgaria as the Turkish vassal.
10 stotinki 1906, copper-nickel.

 

The kingdom of Bulgaria.
20 stotinki 1912, copper-nickel & 20 stotinki 1917, zink.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
50 stotinki 1913, silver .835, 2,5 g., mintage - 3000000. Ferdinand I.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
1 lev 1910, silver .835, 5 g. Ferdinand I. Head turn right.
1 lev 1912, silver .835, 5 g. Ferdinand I. Head turn left.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
1 lev 1925, copper-nickel. Boris III.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
2 leva 1912, silver .835, 10 g., mintage - 1000000. Ferdinand I.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
2 leva 1925, copper-nickel. Boris III.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
5 leva 1943, nickel clad steel. Boris III.

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The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
10 leva 1930, copper-nickel. Boris III.

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The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
20 leva 1940, copper-nickel. Boris III.

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The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
50 leva 1943, nickel clad steel. Boris III.

 

The Kingdom of Bulgaria.
100 leva 1930, silver .500, 20 g., mintage - 1556000 & 100 leva 1934, silver .500, 20 g., mintage - 2506000. Boris III.

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That is all.

 

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Very nice & informative post. In March, my friends & I were considering driving through Bulgaria for some business meetings but we lacked the time.

 

Again, some neat pieces you got there. Since you mentioned Simeon II, let me add what I found quite interesting - this Simeon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was not only tsar of Bulgaria when the country was still a monarchy. More than 50 years later, that same man but not a royal any more - Simeon Sakskoburggotski - was elected prime minister in 2001, and he stayed in that office for four years. As for the horseman on some of the coins you showed, that Madara Rider has been on Bulgarian money for many years. Currently he is on all stotinki coins ...

Christian

 

There was just a bulgarian currency thread that popped up the other day. Something to pair with this thread if the OP of that thread ever posts pics of their notes...

 

One of my favorite world coins is the Bulgaria 10 Leva coin with King Krum:



Bulgaria 1930 10 Leva - King Krum Kills Kitty

The Madara Horseman, once thought to be the work of Roman or even Thracian sculptures,
has now been dated to the early Middle Ages.
It is a rock relief carved into a vertical cliff face depicting a life-size horseman,
a lion, a dog and inscriptions in northeast Bulgaria.
Before World War 2, the common belief was that the horseman was Khan Krum who ruled Bulgaria
from 804 - 815 AD

Also minted in 1943:

Bulgaria 10 Leva 1943

 

Nice collection of coins you have. What is the story (if you know) behind the restrikes of the 20 and 100 Leva coins of 1912? I see where there are a pair of the 20 Leva coins listed in the upcoming Heritage auction at the CICF. Both graded PF68 by NGC. Would love to own one of those, but with a restrike mintage around 3,000 would seem they fetch far more than they should at auction. I would shell out $500 for one in a heart-beat. But unfortunately, I expect both coins to sail past $1,000 with premiums before the auction is over.

The 100 Leva from my collection. Purchased pre-$750 an ounce gold.