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BULGARIA 1879-1908

PRINCIPALITY
OF
BULGARIA

1879-1908

Year of issue 1881
Nominal value – 2 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 950/1000, Sn 40/1000,
Zn 10/1000
Weight – 2 g
Diameter – 20 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 4 996 345
Minted in Birmingham, Great Britain
Artistic design – unknown


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Year of issue 1881
Nominal value – 5 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 950/1000, Sn 40/1000,
Zn 10/1000
Weight – 5 g
Diameter – 25 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 10 000 000
Minted in Birmingham, Great Britain
Artistic design – unknown
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Year of issue 1881
Nominal value – 10 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 950/1000, Sn 40/1000,
Zn 10/1000
Weight – 10 g
Diameter – 30 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 15 000 000
Minted in Birmingham, Great Britain
Artistic design – unknown
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Year of issue 1882
Nominal value – 1 lev
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 5 g
Diameter – 23 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 4 500 015
Minted in St. Petersburg, Russia
Artistic design – N. Formash

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Year of issue 1882
Nominal value – 2 levs
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 10 g
Diameter – 27 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 2 000 000
Minted in St. Petersburg, Russia
Artistic design – N. Formash
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Year of issue 1883
Nominal value – 50 stotinkas
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 2.5 g
Diameter – 18 mm
Edge – serrated
Mintage – 3 000 000
Minted in St. Petersburg, Russia
Artistic design – N. Formash
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Year of issue 1884
Nominal value – 5 levs
Type of metal – Ag 900/1000
Weight – 25 g
Diameter – 37 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 512 473
Minted in St. Petersburg, Russia
Artistic design – N. Formash
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Year of issue 1885
Nominal value – 5 levs
Type of metal – Ag 900/1000
Weight – 25 g
Diameter – 37 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 1 426 000
Minted in St. Petersburg, Russia
Artistic design – N. Formash
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Year of issue 1888
Nominal value – 2 1/2 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 2 g
Diameter – 15 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 11 646 666
Minted in Brussels, Belgium
Artistic design – unknown
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Year of issue 1888
Nominal value – 5 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 3 g
Diameter – 17 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 14 000 000
Minted in Brussels, Belgium
Artistic design – unknown
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Year of issue 1888
Nominal value – 10 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 4 g
Diameter – 19 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 10 000 000
Minted in Brussels, Belgium
Artistic design – unknown
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Year of issue 1888
Nominal value – 20 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 5 g
Diameter – 21 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 5 000 000
Minted in Brussels, Belgium
Artistic design – unknown
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Year of issue 1891
Nominal value – 50 stotinkas
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 2.5 g
Diameter – 18 mm
Edge – serrated
Mintage – 2 000 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1891
Nominal value – 1 lev
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 5 g
Diameter – 23 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 4 000 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1891
Nominal value – 2 levs
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 10 g
Diameter – 27 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 1 500 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1892
Nominal value – 5 levs
Type of metal – Ag 900/1000
Weight – 25 g
Diameter – 37 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 1 001 375
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1894
Nominal value – 1 lev
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 5 g
Diameter – 23 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 1 000 013
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1894
Nominal value – 2 levs
Type of metal – Ag 835/1000
Weight – 10 g
Diameter – 27 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 1 000 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1894
Nominal value – 5 levs
Type of metal – Ag 900/1000
Weight – 25 g
Diameter – 37 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 1 800 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1894
Nominal value – 10 levs
Type of metal – Au 900/1000
Weight – 3.23 g
Diameter – 19 mm
Edge – serrated
Mintage – 75 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1894
Nominal value – 20 levs
Type of metal – Au 900/1000
Weight – 6.45 g
Diameter – 21 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 100 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1894
Nominal value – 100 levs
Type of metal – Au 900/1000
Weight – 32.26 g
Diameter – 35 mm
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”
Mintage – 2500
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – Ä. Sharf
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Year of issue 1901
Nominal value – 1 stotinka
Type of metal – Cu 950/1000, Sn 40/1000,
Zn 10/1000
Weight – 1 g
Diameter – 15 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 20 000 000
Minted in Paris, France
Artistic design – A. Borrel
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Year of issue 1901
Nominal value – 2 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 950/1000, Sn 40/1000,
Zn 10/1000
Weight – 2 g
Diameter – 20 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 40 000 000
Minted in Paris, France
Artistic design – A. Borrel
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Year of issue 1906
Nominal value – 5 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 3 g
Diameter – 17 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 14 000 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – N. Formash
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Year of issue 1906
Nominal value – 10 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 4 g
Diameter – 19 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 13 000 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – N. Formash
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Year of issue 1906
Nominal value – 20 stotinkas
Type of metal – Cu 750/1000, Ni 250/1000
Weight – 5 g
Diameter – 21 mm
Edge – flat
Mintage – 10 000 000
Minted in Kremnitz, Austria-Hungary
Artistic design – N. Formash
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