A gold coin for 100 years of Sofia University’s Faculty of Theology
A gold coin for 100 years of Sofia University’s Faculty of Theology: mintage 4,000, issue price 1,470 leva. On sale from 25 September 2023.
From 25 September 2023, the BNB’s cash desks sell a new coin: A gold coin for 100 years of Sofia University’s Faculty of Theology.
The Faculty of Theology of Sofia University was founded in 1923. The coin is a 100-leva gold piece of 8.64 g, like the coins of the Bulgarian Iconography series.
The coin has a face value of 100 levs and is struck in Au 999/1000, weighing 8.64 g with a diameter of 24 mm. Quality: proof, mint state; mintage: 4,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov.
Reverse: the building of the Faculty of Theology of the Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ochridski’ and the year ‘1923’ underneath. In circumference are the inscriptions: ‘FACULTY OF THEOLOGY’ on the top and ‘100 YEARS’ on the strip below.
The issue price is 1,470 leva. The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia and at branches of First Investment Bank, Texim Bank and Central Cooperative Bank. Each customer may buy only one coin at the BNB cash desks. 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)
