PRESS RELEASE
3 February 2023
The BNB releases into circulation a silver
commemorative coin ‘200 Years since the Birth of Nayden Gerov’
On 6 February 2023 the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will issue a silver commemorative coin entitled ‘200 Years since the Birth of Nayden Gerov’ of the ‘Bulgarian Revival’ series.
Upon release the price of the coin will be BGN 114 (one hundred and fourteen).
The coin will be sold at two cash desks in the Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia, 1, Knyaz Alexander I Sq.and at four cash desks in the BNB Cash Centre, Sofia, 10, Mihail Tenev St.
Any customer (a natural or legal person) may purchase only 1 coin at the Bulgarian National Bank cash desks, no matter whether for themselves or for someone else by presenting a notarised power of attorney explicitly for the purchase of the specific commemorative coin. The persons who may purchase commemorative coins are adults, i.e. must be at least 18 years old.
By the end of the business day on 6 February 2023 the BNB will provide quantities of the new coin to DSK Bank AD, KBC Bank Bulgaria EAD, First Investment Bank AD, Texim Bank AD, and Central Cooperative Bank AD for sale in their offices and branches.
The above banks will sell the coin in the offices and branches on the following list.
10 levs, 2023
Bulgarian Revival • 200 Years since the Birth of Nayden Gerov
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The obverse of the coin features: the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip on the top; the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs) inscribed on two lines underneath; a stylised image of the class-based school building in Koprivshtitsa and the year of issue ‘2023’ inscribed on the bottom. The text ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) inscribed in circumference on the top. |
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The reverse of the coin features: a portrait of Nayden Gerov and ‘200 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА НАЙДЕН ГЕРОВ’ (200 years since the birth of Nayden Gerov) inscribed in circumference on the top. |
SPECIFICATIONS | |
Year of issue |
2023 |
Nominal value |
10 levs |
Metal |
Ag 999/1000 |
Quality |
proof, mint state |
Weight |
23.33 g |
Diameter |
38.61 mm |
Edge |
flat |
Mintage |
5000 |
Minted by |
Bulgarian Mint |
Artistic design |
Todor Angeliev |
