Bulgaria 1941 10 leva
This specimen was lot 74274 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 10 Leva, 1941. Vienna Mint. Boris III. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details." Numista states this one year type was made at Vienna and Stuttgart. The design honors Krum the Fearsome, khan of Bulgaria 803-814, and was also used on the five leva. After World War One, Bulgaria, shorn of territory by the treaty of Versailles, was riven by struggles between the communists and the military establishment. The king, Boris III, chose the Axis side during World War Two and was deposed by the Communists in 1943 as the Soviet army approached.
Recorded mintage: 2,200,000.
Specification: 12 g, iron (more likely steel), 30 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-40a.
- 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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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