5 leva BULGARIA (1981) Hristo Botev and Sándor Petöfi

5 leva 1981 Botev and Petöfi - Bulgarian coins

thickness:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
32.0 mm	12.0 g	2.3 mm	CuNi

obverse:

above the coin centre the Coat of Arms of People's Republic of Bulgaria; below in two lines face value: 5 / ЛЕВА (leva); all flanked by two laurus branches; along the top edge: НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ (People's Republic of Bulgaria); along the bottom edge year of issue: 1981

reverse:

in the coin centre heads of poets Hristo Botev and Sándor Petöfi and their signatures; below a feather attached to the sabre handle; along the bottom edge: 1300 ГОДИНИ БЪЛГАРИЯ (1300 years of Bulgaria)

edge:

reeded

issue date:

withdrawal date:

31 XII 1997

designer:

Стефан Ненов, Кънчо Аврамов, Gyürgy Bognár
(Stefan Nenov, Kancho Avramov)

mint:

Монетен двор (The Mint), Sofia

mintage:

1981

300 000

interesting facts:

To commemorate the celebrations of the 1300 years of Bulgaria it was decided to stress on the Bulgarian-Hungarian friendship and brotherhood. Both of the poets whose images are depicted on the reverse of this coin were the most important writers during Romanticism in Bulgaria nd Hungary. Hristo Botev (Христо Ботьов Петков 1848-1876) and Sándor Petöfi (1823-1849) appart from waking patriotism among their nations using the words, were also using the weapons. Their biographies are linked also by another fact. Exactly like romantic characters they were killed in a fight for freedom of their countries.

Hristo Botev, Sándor Petöfi

last update: 14 X 2012

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