Great crested grebe: a new BNB series on Bulgaria’s natural diversity
Great crested grebe: mintage 5,000, issue price 108 leva. On sale from 19 September 2022.
From 19 September 2022, the BNB’s cash desks sell a new coin: Great crested grebe.
The great crested grebe is a water bird known for its elaborate courtship dance on the water. With this coin the BNB started the series Natural Diversity in the Republic of Bulgaria.
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: 5,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Ivan Todorov and Todor Todorov.
Reverse: an image of a great crested grebe swimming through water plants and their reflection in the water; ‘ГОЛЯМ ГМУРЕЦ’ (great crested grebe) inscribed in circumference on the bottom.
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, KBC Bank Bulgaria, Texim Bank and Central Cooperative Bank. For the first days of the sale each customer may buy one coin from the BNB. Buying for someone else requires a notarised power of attorney, and coins are not sold to anyone under 18.
Full details are in the BulgarianCoins catalogue below; the official announcement is on the BNB website.
Sources: BNB press release · BNB press release (English)
