View source for Bulgaria 1979 10 leva KM-104

[[Image:H3067-31145a.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3067, part of lot 31145]]
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[[Image:H3067-31145c.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3067, part of lot 31145]]
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These specimens were lot 31145 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $4,080. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bulgaria]]: Pair of Certified People's Republic silver Piefort "Year of the Child" 1979 NGC, 1) 10 Leva - PR67 Ultra Cameo, KM-P3, 2) 10 Leva - PR69 Ultra Cameo, KM-P3. Bulgarian mint. The normal issue, the PR67 shows the girl on the right (facing) side of the three children with relatively even hair length on each side of the face. The much scarcer, and unlisted, PR69 example shows normal length hair on the right (facing) side, with extremely short hair on the left (facing) side of the girl's face. Both varieties of the Pieforts are quite scarce, with the "short hair" variety extremely rare." Another ten leva issued in 1979 honored the first Bulgarian cosmonaut. The Communist regime, beset by corruption and an aging leadership, was swept away with the collapse of all the Eastern Bloc regimes in 1989-90.

''Recorded mintage:'' 16,906 + 2,000 piedforts.

''Specification:'' 23.33 g, 0.925 fine silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 104 (regular issue), KM P3 (pattern).

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018. 

''Link to:''
* [[Bulgaria 1978 5 leva KM-100|1978 5 leva, birth of Peio Javoroff, 1878-1911]]
* [[Bulgaria 1978 5 leva KM-101|1978 5 leva, centennial of the National Library]]
* [[Bulgaria 1978 10 leva|1978 10 leva, 100th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottomans]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 stotinka|1979 stotinka]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 2 stotinki|1979 2 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 5 stotinki|1979 5 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 10 stotinki|1979 10 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 20 stotinki|1979 20 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 50 stotinki|1979 50 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 lev|1979 lev]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 5 leva|1979 5 leva, 100th anniversary of the Communication Systems]]
* [[Bulgaria 1979 20 leva|1979 20 leva, centennial of Sofia as capital]]
* [[Bulgaria 1982 10 leva|1982 10 leva, Madrid World Cup, footballers]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1979]]

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