150 years since the birth of Gotse Delchev: the BNB’s first coin of 2022
150 years since the birth of Gotse Delchev: mintage 3,000, issue price 108 leva. On sale from 17 January 2022.
From 17 January 2022, the BNB’s cash desks sell a new coin: 150 years since the birth of Gotse Delchev.
Gotse Delchev (1872–1903), born in Kukush, was one of the leaders of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation. He was killed in a clash near the village of Banitsa in 1903.
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.
Reverse: an image of Gotse Delchev; texts ‘150 ГОДИНИ’ (150 YEARS) on one side of the image and ‘ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ГОЦЕ ДЕЛЧЕВ’ (SINCE THE BIRTH OF GOTSE DELCHEV) inscribed in circumference on the top.
The issue price is 108 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)
