Bulgaria.

1 lev 1987, copper-nickel, size - 27 mm, weight - 7 g., mintage - 300000 pcs. "16th Winter Olympic Games, Calgary (Canada)". Artistic design - Chavdar Alexiev.

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50 stotinkas 1974, copper-nickel, size - 23 mm, weight - 4 g., mintage - unknown. Artistic design - unknown.

 

50 stotinkas 1977, copper-nickel, size - 23 mm, weight - 4 g., mintage - 2000000 pcs. Artistic design - Stefan Nenov & Georgi Chapkunov."University Games, Sofia (Bulgaria) 1977".

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Principality of Bulgaria.
1 lev 1891, silver .835, weight - 5 g., size - 23 mm, mintage - 4000000 pcs. Kremnitz Mint (Austria-Hungary). Artictic design - Anton Sharf.

 

Prince Alexander I (1879-1886).
2 levs 1882, silver .835, weight - 10 g., size - 27 mm, mintage - 2000000 pcs, artistic design - Nikolaj Formas. St. Petersburg (Russian Empire).

 

Ferdinand I as the Prince (1887-1908).
2 levs 1891, silver .835, weight - 10 g., size - 27 mm, mintage - 1500000 pcs, artistic design - Anton Sharf. Kremnitz Mint (Austro-Hungary).

 

Ferdinand I as the Tsar (1908-1918).
50 stotinkas 1910, silver .835, weight - 2,5 g., size - 18 mm, mintage - 400000 pcs, artistic design - Stefan Schwartz. Kremnitz Mint (Austro-Hungary).

 

Ferdinand I as the Tsar (1908-1918).
5 stotinkas 1917, zinc, weight - 2 g., size - 17 mm, mintage - 53200000 pcs, artistic design - unknown. Kremnitz Mint (Austro-Hungary).

 

Ferdinand I as the Tsar (1908-1918).
1 stotinka 1912, copper-tin-zinc alloy, weight - 1 g., size - 15 mm, mintage - 20000000 pcs, artistic design - unknown. Kremnitz Mint (Austro-Hungary).

 

Prince Alexander I (1879-1886).
1 lev 1882, silver .835, weight - 5 g., size - 23 mm, mintage - 4500015 pcs, artistic design - Nikolaj Formas. St. Petersburg (Russian Empire).

 

lovely country and the beer is only 40 pence a pint..........

 

It is USSR...

 

Question: If the Bulgarians were originally from Central Asia are they related to the Turks or Huns?

 

Ferdinand I as the Prince.
20 stotinkas 1888, copper-nickel, weight - 5 g., size - 21 mm, mintage - 5000000 pcs. Brussel Mint (Belgium).

 

Ferdinand I as the Prince.
10 stotinkas 1888, copper-nickel, weight - 4 g., size - 19 mm, mintage - 10000000 pcs. Brussel Mint (Belgium).

 

Ferdinand I as the Tsar.
2 stotinkas 1912, bronze, weight - 2 g., size - 20 mm, mintage - 40000000 pcs. Engraver: A. Borrel. Kremnitz Mint.

 

Here is a modern Bulgarian coin I find very handsome: 5 Leva Alexander Stamboliski commemorative. Stamboliski was an agrarian anti-monarchist leader who objected to the King's prerogative of concluding secret agreements with other nations. He opposed the alliance with the Central Powers in WWI. A striking head I find.

 

And here is a very old one: a silver Grosch from Mikhail III circa 1360-something.

 

Interesting combination of "old and new". Thanks!

Christian