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PRESS RELEASE

8 March 2024

The BNB releases into circulation a copper commemorative coin
‘125 years since the birth of Pancho Vladigerov’

From 11 March 2024, the Bulgarian National Bank is releasing into circulation a copper commemorative coin on the theme ‘125 years since the birth of Pancho Vladigerov’ from the ‘Bulgarian Artists’ series.

The price of the coin when released into circulation is 54 (fifty four) levs.

The coin will be sold at the Bulgarian National Bank: at two cash desks in Sofia, 1, Knyaz Alexander I Sq. and at four cash desks at the BNB Cash Centre in Sofia, 10, Mihail Tenev St.

Each client will be able to purchase only 1 coin from the cash desks of the Bulgarian National Bank, regardless of whether they purchase in their own name and at their own expense or in the name and at the expense of another person. To purchase a coin in the name and at the expense of another person, it is necessary to present a notarised express power of attorney for the purchase of the specific commemorative coin. A client who purchases a coin from the BNB cash desks as a natural person will not have the right to purchase another coin as a representative of a legal entity, and this restriction also applies in the opposite case. Coins are not sold to persons under 18 years of age.

By the end of the working day on 11 March 2024, the new coin will be provided by the BNB to Investbank AD, First Investment Bank AD, Texim Bank AD, Tokuda Bank AD and Central Cooperative Bank AD for sale in their offices and branches.

The specified banks will sell the coin in offices and branches from the following list.




2 levs, 2024

Bulgarian Artists • 125 Years since the Birth of Pancho Vladigerov

The obverse of the coin features: the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip on the top, and underneath: the nominal value ‘2 ЛЕВА’ (2 levs) is written on a stave in two rows, and in circumference: the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) and the year of issue ‘2024’.

The reverse of the coin features: a portrait of Pancho Vladigerov; in circumference, the inscription: ‘125 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ПАНЧО ВЛАДИГЕРОВ’ (125 years since the birth of Pancho Vladigerov).

SPECIFICATIONS

Year of issue

2024

Nominal value

2 levs

Metal

Cu 999/1000

Quality

proof, mint state

Weight

16.4 g

Diameter

34.2 mm

Edge

flat

Mintage

7 000

Minted by

Bulgarian Mint

Artistic design

Svetlin Balezdrov


Прикачени файлове

Presentation of the coin Изтегли PDF (981 KB)


Leaflet of the coin Изтегли PDF (1702 KB)


List of offices and banks' branches where the new partially commemorative coin ‘125 years since the birth of Pancho Vladigerov’, issue 2024, will be sold (BG) Изтегли PDF (113 KB)