Bulgaria 1923 lev

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44122

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44122 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $384. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. Lev, 1923. Vienna Mint. NGC MS-64. A flashy and largely untoned coin with traces of cartwheel luster." This one year type is not listed as valuable altho choice examples are scarce. Its successor, KM 37, of 1925, was copper-nickel.

Recorded mintage: 40,000,000.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM-35.

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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