Bulgaria 1989 20 leva KM-183
This specimen was lot 73264 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 20 Leva, 1989. Sofia Mint. PCGS PROOF-67 Deep Cameo. Commemorating the 120th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. A beautiful piece honoring the national academy of science, this charmer displays commendable deep cameo surfaces and is fully pleasing to the optic nerve." The silver commemoratives issued by the regime shrank as inflation bit even tho these were never intended to circulate. A twenty leva in copper-nickel-zinc (KM 181) was struck for circulation in 1989.
Recorded mintage: 58,000.
Specification: 12.13 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-183.
- [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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