Bulgaria 1923 2 leva

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 40093

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40093 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,400. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 2 Leva, 1923. Uncertain Mint. NGC MS-66. Conditionally RARE, this blast white Gem displays sharp designs and surfaces that approach pristine. Only one example has been graded finer by NGC." This one year type is not listed as valuable. Its successor, KM 38, of 1925, was copper-nickel.

Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.

Specification: aluminum.

Catalog reference: KM-36.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

• 1912 2 stotinki
• 1913 10 stotinki
• 1913 50 stotinki
• 1912 20 leva
• 1925 lev
• Coins and currency dated 1923