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2 levs, 1981

1300 Years Bulgaria • The Liberation

The obverse of the coin depicts four flags from the ossuary monument in the town of Koprivshtitsa, and two cannons in front. The year ‘1878’ is inscribed on the monument and five sun rays above it, with the year of issue ‘1981’ on a horizontal line below and the value ‘2 ЛЕВА’ (2 levs) on two rows under the horizontal line. The design is encircled by the inscriptions ‘1300•ГОДИНИ•БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (1300 Years Bulgaria) and ‘•НРБ•’ (People’s Republic of Bulgaria), separated by two laurel twigs

The reverse of the coin features a replica of Georgi Danchov’s lithograph ‘Free Bulgaria’, surrounded by a wreath of laurel twigs.

SPECIFICATIONS

Year of issue

1981

Nominal value

2 levs

Metal

CuNi alloy

Quality

proof

Weight

11 g

Diameter

30 mm

Edge

serrated

Mintage

300,000

Minted in

Sofia, Bulgaria

Artistic design

Lyubomir Prahov

and Petar Braikov