20 leva BULGARIA (1997)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
18.5 mm	2.5 g	1.4 mm	CuZn

obverse:

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

reverse:

in the coin centre in two lines a large face value: 20 ЛЕВА (leva); below year of issue: 1997; left from the face value fish, right from it the Sun - symbols of peoples-founders of Bulgaria (Slavs and Thracians respectively)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

1997

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:

1997

???

interesting facts:

Dated to 8th century the Proto-bulgarian relief the Madara Rider (Мадарски конник) was hewn in a cliff at the height of 23 m from the base. It has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1979 as the only object of this type in Europe. It shows a natural-sized horse rider (probably Bulgarian Emperor Tervel) killing a lion with a spear. There is a dog running behind the horse (probably a hound).

Madara Rider

last update: 14 X 2012

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