25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria

Name: 25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria (2 leva, 1969)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-1969-01

1969 · 2 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria (1969), obverse — Obverse · Photo: BulgarianCoins.com archive

Specifications

Metal: Copper-nickel alloy
Weight: 11 g
Diameter: 30 mm
Quality: BU
Official mintage: 1,500,000
Year of issue: 1969
Series: Individual issue
Designer: Valentin Starchev and Krum Damianov
Minted by: Sofia, Bulgaria
Catalogue no.: BC-1969-01

Issue price: 2.00 лв; pre-1999 lev · BNB, 1969
Market value (asking prices): —; no verified data yet
Melt value: —; base metal, not tracked

Relative rarity

2/10 · Very common

Very commonExtremely rare

How we calculate it

The score starts from the mintage on a logarithmic scale (500 coins or fewer = 10, ten million = 1). Coins of the Principality and the Kingdom that circulated get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952. Modern commemorative coins lose a point, since almost all of them survive in collections. Finally we look at how often the coin is offered on Balkan Auction: frequent offers lower the score.

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Obverse

The obverse features the value ‘2 ЛЕВА’ (2 levs), flanked by ears of wheat, within the circumscription ‘НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (People’s Republic of Bulgaria) and the year of minting ‘1969’, separated by two five-pointed stars.

Reverse

The reverse features the Soviet Soldier Alyosha Monument in Plovdiv, with the dates ‘9.IX.1944’ on the left and ‘9.IX.1969’ on the right. The design is surrounded by the words ‘25 ГОДИНИ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКА РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ’ (25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution).

Edge & packaging

Serrated edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.

Image: The former Party House, Sofia · Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About this coin

25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria

A 2 leva base metal coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 1969. 1,500,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Valentin Starchev and Krum Damianov.

Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices