Bulgaria 1979 20 leva

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72564

This specimen was lot 72564 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 20 Leva, 1979. Sofia Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Celebrating 100 years of Sofia as the capital of Bulgaria. A near-perfect example with deeply mirrored fields and frosty devices." This NCLT was struck in different formats for the BU (KM 106) and proofs (KM 106a).

Recorded mintage: 35,000 plus 15,000 proofs.

Specification: 21.8 g, 0.500 fine silver, proofs (KM 106a) 32 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 106 or KM-106a.

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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1978 5 leva, birth of Peio Javoroff, 1878-1911
• 1978 5 leva, centennial of the National Library
• 1978 10 leva, 100th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottomans
• 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
• 1980 stotinka
• 1980 2 stotinki
• 1980 5 stotinki
• 1980 10 stotinki
• 1980 20 stotinki
• 1980 50 stotinki
• 1980 lev
• Coins and currency dated 1979