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Coin: Ten Stotinki 1981
Description
CountryBulgaria CurrencyLev (Third Lev (1962 - 1999))
Face value10 (x Stotinka) TypeTen Stotinki (Third Lev)
Year1981 CurrentNo (demonetised 1999)
Mintageunknown
Mints
NameMint markMintage
Монетен двор (Bulgarian Mint) No mint mark unknown
MaterialCuproNickel Designer(unknown)
Production technologyMilled (machine-made) ShapeRound
Size (mm)17 Thickness (mm)1.1000
Mass (g)1.6000
Obverse

At centre inside a ring the Coat of Arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (the second version: two ribbons under gear wheel at lion's feet, one with date 681 - foundation of Bulgaria, the other one 1944 - year of the communist revolution).

In 1981 only, the legend was changed to ХИЛЯДА И ТРИСТА ГОДИНИ БЪЛГАРИЯ (Хиляда и триста години България - Hilyada i trista godini Bulgaria, meaning One thousand and three hundred years [since the foundation of] Bulgaria), from the regular НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ (Народна Република България - Narodna Republika Bulgaria, People's Republic of Bulgaria).
Obverse inscription ХИЛЯДА И ТРИСТА ГОДИНИ БЪЛГАРИЯ
Reverse

Denomination 10 СТОТИНКИ (10 Стотинки - 10 Stotinki) above the date 1981, flanked by stems of wheat.
Reverse inscription10 СТОТИНКИ 1981
EdgeMilled Edge inscriptionNone
Ten Stotinki 1981: Catalogue Reference IDs
SourceReference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World CoinsBulgaria KM# 114
Ten Stotinki 1981: References to Information Used
SourceEditionAboutLinkNotes
Bulgarian National Bank, Catalogue of Bulgarian Coins 2004 Mint
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List of all (8) coins of type: Bulgaria / Ten Stotinki (Third Lev)
Ten Stotinki 1962 Ten Stotinki 1974 Ten Stotinki 1979 (Proof only) Ten Stotinki 1980 (Proof only) Ten Stotinki 1981 Ten Stotinki 1988
Ten Stotinki 1989 Ten Stotinki 1990