PRESS RELEASE
18 August 2023
The BNB releases into circulation a copper
commemorative coin ‘125 Years since the Birth of Dimitar Talev’
On 21 August 2023 the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) will issue a copper commemorative coin entitled ‘125 Years since the Birth of Dimitar Talev’’ of the ‘Bulgarian Artists’ series.
Upon release the price of the coin will be BGN 54 (fifty four).
The coin will be sold at two counters in the Bulgarian National Bank, Sofia, 1, Knyaz Alexander I Sq., and at four counters in the BNB Cash Centre, Sofia, 10, Mihail Tenev St.
A client may purchase only 1 coin at the Bulgarian National Bank counters, no matter whether for themselves or for someone else. When buying a coin on behalf and for the account of someone else, the client must present a notarised power of attorney issued exclusively for the purchase of this commemorative coin. If a client, as a natural person, has bought a coin at the BNB counters, that client may not buy another coin as a representative of a legal entity, and this restriction applies to the opposite case as well. Commemorative coins cannot be purchased by persons who are under 18 years old.
By the end of the business day on 21 August 2023, the BNB will provide quantities of the new coin to First Investment Bank AD, Texim Bank AD, and Central Cooperative Bank AD, for sale in their offices and branches.
The above banks will be selling the coin in the offices and branches on the following list.
2 levs, 2023
Bulgarian Artists • 125 Years since the Birth of Dimitar Talev
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The obverse of the coin features: on the top, the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip, below: the nominal value ‘2 ЛЕВА’ (2 levs) inscribed on two lines within a halo of rays and a stylised burning candlestick; the year of issue ‘2023’ inscribed on the bottom. ‘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 Dimitar Talev and a stylised feather quill pen underneath, encircled in an inscription ‘125 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ДИМИТЪР ТАЛЕВ (125 years since the birth of Dimitar Talev). |
SPECIFICATIONS | |
Year of issue |
2023 |
Nominal value |
2 levs |
Metal |
Cu 999/1000 |
Quality |
proof, mint state |
Weight |
16.4 g |
Diameter |
34.2 mm |
Edge |
flat |
Mintage |
7000 |
Minted by |
Bulgarian Mint |
Artistic design |
Todor Angeliev |
