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''Catalog reference'': Fr-43; KM-327. | ''Catalog reference'': Fr-43; KM-327. | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 9 October 2025
This specimen was lot 74392 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 100 Leva, 2013. Sofia Mint. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo." St. Constantine and St. Helena are featured on this NCLT. Constantine (272-337 AD, r. 306-337) was the emperor who converted the Roman Empire to Christianity and St. Helena (c. 246-330 AD) was his mother. This NCLT was struck after the fall of communism and after the currency was reformed (1000 old leva = 1 new lev).
Recorded mintage: 2,000.
Specification: 8.64 g, 0.999 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, AGW: 0.2775 oz, plain edge, designed by Mihaela Kamenova.
Catalog reference: Fr-43; KM-327.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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