Bulgaria 1982 20 leva

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44130

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44130 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $5,160. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 20 Leva, 1982. Sofia Mint. NGC PROOF-68 Ultra Cameo. Commemorative of the 40th Anniversary of the birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova. Variety with emblems of the Children's Assembly and Year of the Child. A pleasing Proof with hard mirrored fields and frosted cameo devices, and VERY RARE at that." 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: 40 proofs plus 10,000 of KM 133.1.

Specification: 14 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-133.2.

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:

• 1984 10 leva, Summer Olympic Games, women's gymnastics
• 1984 10 leva, United Nations International Decade for Women
• 1984 100 leva, United Nations International Decade for Women
• Coins and currency dated 1982