Bulgaria 1901 2 stotinki
This specimen was lot 70411 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 2 Stotinki, 1901. Paris Mint. Ferdinand I. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown Gold Shield. Tied with just one other specimen for the finest with the red-brown designation in the PCGS census, this radiant near-Gem presents a good deal of original mint red along with a dazzling amount of brilliant luster." Bulgaria fought a protracted war against the Ottomans, culminating in liberation from the latter's rule in 1878. The new Bulgarian state was quite weak, however, and new conflicts drew it into the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, along with Serbia and Greece, once again against the Ottomans in Turkey. This one-year type was struck in Paris for Bulgaria and is common.
Recorded mintage: 40,000,000.
Specification: 2.01 g, bronze, 20.14 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-23.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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