175 years since the birth of Hristo Botev: the BNB’s first coin of 2023
175 years since the birth of Hristo Botev. On sale from 3 January 2023.
The Bulgarian National Bank is releasing a new commemorative coin, “175 years since the birth of Hristo Botev”, on sale from 3 January 2023.
Hristo Botev (1848–1876), born in Kalofer, was a poet, journalist and revolutionary. He was killed in the Vratsa Balkan in May 1876, leading a band that crossed from Romania on the steamer Radetzky.
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 Plamen Chernev and Preslav Chernev.
Reverse: a portrait of Hristo Botev, his signature; texts ‘175 ГОДИНИ’ (175 years) on the right and ‘ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ХРИСТО БОТЕВ’ (since the birth of Hristo Botev) inscribed in circumference on the top.
The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia and at branches of DSK Bank, KBC Bank Bulgaria, 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)
