Bulgaria 1981 25 leva

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73258

This specimen was lot 73258 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 25 Leva, 1981. Sofia Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. Commemorating 1300 Years of Bulgarian Identity. Radiantly lustrous, this charming and nearly flawless example beautifully accentuates the symbolism so deeply associated with Bulgaria, Madonna and Child, with a good strike and great cameo nature." This NCLT was accompanied by four different fifty leva. The commemorative five leva struck earlier in the decade was abandoned as inflation began to bite.

Recorded mintage: est. 100,000 proofs.

Specification: 14 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-134.

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.

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• 1980 stotinka
• 1980 2 stotinki
• 1980 5 stotinki
• 1980 10 stotinki
• 1980 20 stotinki
• 1980 50 stotinki
• 1980 lev
• 1981 50 leva, 1300 years of Bulgaria, mounted rider
• 1981 50 leva, 1300 years of Bulgaria, saint crowning king
• 1982 20 leva, Year of the Child
• 1986 25 leva, eagle with soccer ball
• Coins and currency dated 1981