A partially gold-plated silver coin for 100 years of UNWE
A partially gold-plated silver coin for 100 years of UNWE: mintage 3,000, issue price 72 leva. On sale from 11 May 2020.
The Bulgarian National Bank is releasing a new commemorative coin, “A partially gold-plated silver coin for 100 years of UNWE”, on sale from 11 May 2020.
The University of National and World Economy was founded in 1920 as the Free University of Political and Economic Sciences and is the oldest economics university in South-East Europe. The coin carries partial gold plating, unusual among the BNB’s 10-leva issues.
The coin has a face value of 10 levs and is struck in Ag 999/1000 partially gold-plated, weighing 23.33 g with a diameter of 38.61 mm. Quality: proof, mint state; mintage: 3,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Plamen Chernev.
The issue price is 72 leva. The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia and at branches of DSK Bank, First Investment Bank, Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) and Texim Bank. For the first days of the sale each customer may buy up to two coins from the BNB; the limit then falls away.
Full details are in the BulgarianCoins catalogue below; the official announcement is on the BNB website.
Sources: BNB press release · BNB press release (English)
