Bulgaria 1913 5 stotinki

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44117

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44117 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $110. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 5 Stotinki, 1913. Vienna Mint. Ferdinand I. NGC MS-64. A sharply struck coin with silky luster and a hint of toning color in the fields." This type was struck 1906 and 1912-13 and is common.

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.

Specification: 3 g, copper-nickel, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-24.

Source:

• 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 August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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