Bulgaria 1912 100 leva
This specimen was lot 5804 in Künker sale 386 (Osnabrück, March 2023), where it sold for €9,000 (about US$11,630 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BULGARIEN, KÖNIGREICH, Ferdinand, (1887-) 1908-1918. 100 Lewa 1912, Wien, auf sein 25jähriges Regierungsjubiläum und auf die Unabhängigkeitserklärung am 5. Oktober 1908 (nach julianischem Kalender 22. September 1908). 29,03 g Feingold. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 60 PL (6631527-004). GOLD. Kl. Randfehler und Kratzer, vorzüglich aus polierter Platte. (kingdom of Bulgaria, Ferdinand, 1908-18, 100 leva of 1912, Vienna mint, on the 25th anniversary of independence in 1908. Minor rim nicks and hairlines, struck on a polished planchet, graded NGC MS-60 PL.)"
This commemorative was restruck by the communists in the 1960's but the restrike dies are slightly different.
Recorded mintage: 5,000 plus proofs and restrikes.
Specification: 32.25 g, 0.900 fine gold, 35 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 34, Fr-5; Schl. 4.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 386: Brakteaten | Mainz | Bibliothek Prof. Dr. Niklot Klüßendorf | Mittelalter und Neuzeit | Goldprägungen | Deutsche Münzen ab 1871, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2023.
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