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BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK. The new Bulgarian commemorative coin. The silver commemorative coin is on a topic ‘ Bachkovo Monastery ’ from the series ‘ Bulgarian Churches and Monasteries ’ and is in circulation from 1 8 November 2013. S pecifications of the coin. Year of issue – 2013
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BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK
The new Bulgarian commemorative coin The silver commemorative coin is on a topic ‘Bachkovo Monastery’ from the series ‘Bulgarian Churches and Monasteries’and is in circulation from 18November 2013
Specifications of the coin • Year of issue – 2013 • Nominal value – 10 levs • Metal – Ag925/1000 • Quality – proof, mint state • Weight – 23.33 g • Diameter – 38.61 mm • Edge – flat • Mintage – 3000 • The price of the coin on sale at the BNB cash desksis BGN 66 (VAT included)
Obverse of the coin The obverse features on the left: a replica of the miraculous Virgin Mary Eleusa icon of the Bachkovo Monastery; on the right: the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs), the year of issue ‘2013’, the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip and the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) in semicircle.
Reverse of the coin The reverse features the Bachkovo Monastery and two angels with a Virgin Mary icon of the fresco above the monastery gate; the inscription ‘БАЧКОВСКИ МАНАСТИР • УСПЕНИЕ БОГОРОДИЧНО’ (Bachkovo Monastery • The Assumption) in circumference.
Design Authors of the artistic design areEvgeniaTsankova and Plamen Chernev
Bulgarian National Bank Issue Department Issue and Cash Directorate 1, Кnyaz Alexander І Sq. 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria