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2 levs, 1980

World Football Championship, Spain, 1982

The obverse features the coat of arms of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria and the numbers ‘19’ and ‘80’ on its sides, with the value ‘2 ЛЕВА’ (2 levs), framed by a wreath of laurel twigs below, all surrounded by the words ‘НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (People’s Republic of Bulgaria) and an outer dotted ring.

The reverse depicts a football ball and a stylised map of Spain in its centre and the year of the championship ‘82’ on it, with the inscriptions ‘Espaňa’82’ above and ‘COPA MUNDIAL FIFA’ below. The design is encircled by the words ‘СВЕТОВНО ПЪРВЕНСТВО ПО ФУТБОЛ’ (World Football Championship) and ‘ИСПАНИЯ–1982’ (Spain-1982) and an outer dotted ring.

SPECIFICATIONS

Year of issue

1980

Nominal value

2 levs

Metal

CuNi alloy

Quality

proof

Weight

11 g

Diameter

30 mm

Edge

flat

Mintage

30,000

Minted in

Sofia, Bulgaria

Artistic design

Stefan Nenov

and Petar Georgiev