A copper coin for 150 years since the birth of composer Panayot Pipkov
A copper coin for 150 years since the birth of composer Panayot Pipkov: mintage 3,000, issue price 36 leva. On sale from 15 November 2021.
The Bulgarian National Bank is releasing a new commemorative coin, “A copper coin for 150 years since the birth of composer Panayot Pipkov”, on sale from 15 November 2021.
Panayot Pipkov (1871–1942), a composer from Lovech, wrote the hymn “Go forward, reborn people”, still sung on 24 May. The coin belongs to the Bulgarian Artists series, whose 2-leva copper coins honour writers, painters, actors and musicians.
The coin has a face value of 2 levs and is struck in Cu 999/1000, weighing 16.4 g with a diameter of 34.2 mm. Quality: proof, mint state; mintage: 3,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Vasilena Stancheva.
Reverse: a portrait of Panayot Pipkov on the violin silhouette; the figure ‘150’ on the right and ‘ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ПАНАЙОТ ПИПКОВ’ (years of Panayot Pipkov’s birth) inscribed in circumference on the bottom left.
The issue price is 36 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)
