Bulgaria 1988 50 stotinki

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 22225

This specimen was lot 22225 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 50 Stotinki, 1988. PCGS Mint Error MS-65 Secure Holder. The planchet shows three clips plus a primary strike that is slightly off center. Mint errors of this magnitude are usually scratched and nicked by the ejection mechanism, but this one is not." All coinage post-WWII was for the People's Republic, up to the collapse of the Communist regime in 1989. This type was struck for Bulgaria 1974, 1979-80, 1988-90 and is common.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 4 g, nickel brass, 23 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 89.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

Link to:

• 1974 20 stotinki
• 1980 50 stotinki
• 1984 100 leva
• 1988 stotinka
• 1988 20 leva, 100th anniversary of Bulgarian State Railways
• 1988 20 leva, 2nd Soviet-Bulgarian Space Flight
• 1990 10 stotinki
• Coins and currency dated 1988
• return to coins of Bulgaria