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BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK. The new Bulgarian commemorative coin. The silver commemorative coin is on a topic ‘ Tr о yan Monastery ’ from the series ‘ Bulgarian Churches and Monasteries ’ and is in circulation from 1 9 May 201 4. S pecifications of the coin. Year of issue – 201 4
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BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK
The new Bulgarian commemorative coin The silver commemorative coin is on a topic ‘Trоyan Monastery’ from the series ‘Bulgarian Churches and Monasteries’and is in circulation from 19May 2014
Specifications of the coin • Year of issue – 2014 • Nominal value – 10 levs • Metal – Ag925/1000 • Quality – proof, mint state • Weight – 23.33 g • Diameter – 38.61 mm • Edge – flat • Mintage – 3000 • The price of the coin on sale at the BNB cash desksis BGN 66 (VAT included)
Obverse of the coin The obverse features on the left: the icon of Virgin Mary with Three Hands kept at the Troyan Monastery; on the right (one below the other): the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs), the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip, and (perpendicularly underneath) the year of issue ‘2014’; the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) in semicircle.
Reverse of the coin The reverse features the monastery complex and the inscriptions ‘ТРОЯНСКИ МАНАСТИР’ and ‘УСПЕНИЕ БОГОРОДИЧНО’ (Troyan Monastery and the Assumption of Virgin Mary) in semicircles.
Design Author of the artistic design isStefan Ivanov
Bulgarian National Bank Issue Department Issue and Cash Directorate 1, Кnyaz Alexander І Sq. 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria