Pancho Vladigerov: a copper coin for 125 years since the composer’s birth
Pancho Vladigerov: mintage 7,000, issue price 54 leva. On sale from 11 March 2024.
From 11 March 2024, the BNB’s cash desks sell a new coin: Pancho Vladigerov.
Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978) is one of Bulgaria’s foremost composers and the author of the rhapsody “Vardar”. The National Academy of Music, which the BNB honoured with a coin in 2021, bears his name.
The coin has a face value of 2 levs and is struck in Cu 999/1000, weighing 16.4 g with a diameter of 34.2 mm. Quality: proof, mint state; mintage: 7,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov.
Reverse: a portrait of Pancho Vladigerov; in circumference, the inscription: ‘125 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ПАНЧО ВЛАДИГЕРОВ’ (125 years since the birth of Pancho Vladigerov).
The issue price is 54 leva. The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia and at branches of Investbank, First Investment Bank, Texim Bank, Tokuda 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)
