View source for Bulgaria 2000 10 leva KM-251

[[Image:SB222-73272o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 73272]]
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This specimen was lot 73272 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Bulgaria|BULGARIA]]. 10 Leva, 2000. Sofia Mint. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. Olympic Series, Weightlifting. This enticing Olympic issue charms with near flawless surfaces and stands near the precipice of perfection." 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. Perhaps as a reaction to humorless Stalinist design featuring smokestacks and tractors, a burst of NCLT's appeared, some rather frivolous, including one celebrating the arrival of the Millennium ([[Bulgaria 2000 10 leva KM-244|KM 244]]). This NCLT was struck after the fall of communism and after the currency was reformed (1000 old leva = 1 new lev). 

''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000.

''Specification:'' 23.33 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.5 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-251. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[Bulgaria 1999 10 stotinki|1999 10 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1999 20 stotinki|1999 20 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1999 50 stotinki|1999 50 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 1999 20 leva|1999 20 leva, Madonna and Child]]
* [[Bulgaria 2000 1 stotinka|2000 1 stotinka]]
* [[Bulgaria 2000 2 stotinki|2000 2 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 2000 5 stotinki|2000 5 stotinki]]
* [[Bulgaria 2000 10 leva KM-244|2000 10 leva, the new Millennium]]
* [[Bulgaria 2000 10 leva KM-252|2000 10 leva, Church of the Pantokrator]]
* [[Bulgaria 2000 10 leva KM-253|2000 10 leva, association with the European Union]]
* [[Bulgaria 2003 5 leva|2003 5 leva, 2006 World Cup]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2000]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]]