50 stotinki BULGARIA (2005) European Union - Kazanlak Tomb

in the coin centre a sitting woman from Kazanlak fresco; along the left edge: EU БЪЛГАРИЯ (EU - European Union - Bulgaria) divided by a rose; along the rest of the edge 12 five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

in the coin centre large face value: 50; below year of issue: 2005; along the bottom edge: СТОТИНКИ (stotinki); along the top edge 12 five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reeded

2005

still circulating

Богомил Николов, Петър Стойков, Владимир Йосифов
(Bogomil Nikolov, Petar Stoikov, Vladimir Yossifov)

Монетен двор (The Mint), Sofia

2005

500 000

On April 25, 2005 Bulgaria signed an accession treaty, which opened the way of Bulgaria to the European Union. This coin commemorates this event.

On the coin's obverse an image of a sitting woman is shown. The coin designers were inspired by a fresco from the Thracian tomb dated to 4th-3rd century BC. This masonry tomb is a part of a huge Kazanlak necropolis (Казанлъшка гробница). The entrance to the tomb was discovered by accident on April 19, 1944 by soldiers fortifying a - what seemed to be - natural hill. In 1979 the Kazanlak tomb was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.


photo: Psy guy; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0