Bulgaria 1978 10 leva

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73257

This specimen was lot 73257 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 10 Leva, 1978. PCGS PROOF-68 Cameo. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottomans. This cameo example is both well struck and well preserved and displays just limited spotting prevents a this coin from reaching a higher grade." This is one in a series of silver NCLT's struck to this module. The five leva struck earlier in the decade was abandoned as inflation began to bite.

Recorded mintage: 200,000 proofs.

Specification: 29.85 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-102.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1977 5 leva, 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Petko R. Slaveykov
• 1978 5 leva, birth of Peio Javoroff, 1878-1911
• 1978 5 leva, centennial of the National Library
• 1979 stotinka
• 1979 2 stotinki
• 1979 5 stotinki
• 1979 10 stotinki
• 1979 20 stotinki
• 1979 50 stotinki
• 1979 lev
• 1979 5 leva, 100th anniversary of the Communication Systems
• 1979 10 leva, Year of the Child
• Coins and currency dated 1978