Bulgaria 1913 2 leva

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71207

This specimen was lot 71207 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 2 Leva, 1913. Vienna Mint. Ferdinand I. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. A brilliant and prooflike coin with deeply reflective fields and frosty devices. Patches of peripheral russet toning add to the eye appeal." This type was struck 1912-13 and 1916. It was accompanied by ten and fifty stotinki and one lev.

Recorded mintage: 500,000.

Specification: 10 g, 0.835 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-32.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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