200 years since the birth of G. S. Rakovski: a silver Bulgarian Revival coin
200 years since the birth of G. S. Rakovski: mintage 3,000, issue price 102 leva. On sale from 22 March 2021.
On 19 March 2021 the BNB announced a new coin: 200 years since the birth of G. S. Rakovski. It is on sale from 22 March 2021.
Georgi Stoykov Rakovski (1821–1867), born in Kotel, was the ideologist of the organised liberation movement and founded the First Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade in 1862.
The coin has a face value of 10 levs and is struck in Ag 999/1000, 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 and Preslav Chernev.
The issue price is 102 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)
