Georgi Partsalev: a copper coin for 100 years since the actor’s birth
Georgi Partsalev: mintage 6,000, issue price 60 leva. On sale from 9 June 2025.
On 6 June 2025 the BNB announced a new coin: Georgi Partsalev. It is on sale from 9 June 2025.
Georgi Partsalev (1925–1989) was one of Bulgaria’s best-loved comic actors and a long-time star of the Satirical Theatre and Bulgarian cinema. The 2-leva coin is part of the Bulgarian Artists series.
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: 6,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Mihaela Kamenova.
Reverse: a portrait of Georgi Partsalev; in circumference on the top the inscription: ‘100 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ГЕОРГИ ПАРЦАЛЕВ’ (100 years since the birth of Georgi Partsalev).
The issue price is 60 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)
