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1 lev BULGARIA (1969) 25th Anniversary of Socialistic Revolution

1 lev 1969 Socialistic Revolution - Bulgarian coins
1 lev 1969 Socialistic Revolution - Bulgarian coins
thickness: weight: thickness: alloy:
27.0 mm 8.0 g 1.8 mm CuNi
obverse:
in the coin centre in two lines face value: 1 / ЛЕВ (lev) flanked by two cereal ears; along the top edge: * НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ * (People's Republic of Bulgaria); along the bottom edge year of issue: 1969
reverse:
in the coin centre figures of partisans from the Mound of Brotherhood monument; on the left in two lines date: 9 IX 1944, on the right date: 9 IX 1969; along the top edge: 25 ГОДИНИ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКА РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ (25 years of socialistic revolution)
edge:
reeded
issue date:
1 IX 1969
withdrawal date:
31 XII 1997
designer:
Валентин Старчев, Крум Дамянов
(Valentin Starchev, Krum Damianov)
mint:
Монетен двор (The Mint), Sofia
mintage:
1969 3 700 000
interesting facts:
In the end of August 1944 when the Soviet Red Army was approaching to Bulgaria, leaders of the Bulgarian Communistic Party announced an uprising against the monarchy and Bulgarian government, who were officially supporting Germans during the World War II. On September 6, strikes of factory workers began in several Bulgarian towns. Two days later the Soviet army crossed Bulgarian border and on September 9 units of communistic partisans arrived from their hideouts in mountains to towns and villages. On the same day in Sofia communists took over most strategic objects and institutions of the capital and the coup d'état was announced on the radio. The September 9 was therefore accepted as the beginning of the socialistic revolution in Bulgaria and the date 9 IX 1944 was placed in the national Coat of Arms.

Figures of male and female partisans visible on this coin's reverse are coming from the Mound of Brotherhood (Братска могила) from Sofia. The monument was constructed in 1956 to respect all dead defenders of Bulgaria's freedom.

Mound of Brotherhood
photo: Apostoloff; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0
last update: 14 X 2012

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