50 stotinki BULGARIA (1992)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
21.2 mm	3.0 g	1.3 mm	CuZnNi

obverse:

in the coin centre inside a circle a lion from a stone relief from Stara Zagora; along the top edge: РЕПУБЛИКА, along the bottom one: • БЪЛГАРИЯ • (Republic of Bulgaria)

reverse:

above the coin centre large face value: 50 divides the year of issue: 1992; along the bottom edge: СТОТИНКИ (stotinki); above the face value fish, below it the Sun - symbols of peoples-founders of Bulgaria (Slavs and Thracians respectively)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

1 VII 1993

withdrawal date:

31 XII 1999

designer:

Любомир Прахов, Петър Стойков, Владимир Йосифов
(Lyubomir Prahov, Petar Stoikov, Vladimir Yossifov)

mint:

Монетен двор (The Mint), Sofia

mintage:

1992

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interesting facts:

One of the tiles with stone relief dated to 8th century showing one of the oldest Bulgarian images of a lion found in the archeological site near Stara Zagora (Стара Загора).

Lion from Stara Zagora

last update: 14 X 2012

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