Bulgaria 1930 10 leva

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 74406

This specimen was lot 74406 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BULGARIA. 10 Leva, 1930. Vienna Mint. Boris III. NGC MS-63." Numista states this one year type was made at Vienna and Stuttgart. The design honors Krum the Fearsome, khan of Bulgaria 803-814, and was also used on the five leva. In 1930, Bulgaria, shorn of territory by the treaty of Versailles, was riven by struggles between the communists and the military establishment. The king, Boris III, chose the Axis side during World War Two and was deposed by the Communists in 1943 as the Soviet army approached.

Recorded mintage: 15,001,000.

Specification: 10.9 g, copper-nickel, 30 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by Ivan Lazarov.

Catalog reference: KM-40.

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, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1930 5 leva
• 1930 20 leva
• 1930 100 leva
• Coins and currency dated 1930