Bulgaria / Цар Борис III (Tsar Boris III)

Bulgaria - Цар Борис III (Tsar Boris III) (3 October 1918 - 28 August 1943)

Boris III (modern Bulgarian: Борис III; contemporary Bulgarian: Борисъ III), Tsar of Bulgaria, originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier), son of Ferdinand I, came to the throne in 1918 upon the abdication of his father, following the defeat of the Kingdom of Bulgaria during World War I.

This was the country's second major defeat in only five years, after the disastrous Second Balkan War (1913). Under the Treaty of Neuilly, Bulgaria was forced to cede new territories and pay crippling reparations to its neighbours, thereby threatening political and economic stability. Two political forces, the Agrarian Union and the Communist Party, were calling for the overthrowing of the monarchy and the change of the government. It was in these circumstances that Boris succeeded to the throne. He distinguished himself during the Second World War by opposing attempts by Adolf Hitler to deport the Jewish population of his country.

Bulgaria - Цар Борис III (Tsar Boris III): showing 23 of 23 coins
NameMintageEffigyLegend
One Lev 1923 40,000,000 БѪЛГАРИЯ СѪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
Two Leva 1923 20,000,000 БѪЛГАРИЯ СѪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
One Lev 1925 69,982,289 БЪЛГАРИЯ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
Two Leva 1925 40,000,124 БЪЛГАРИЯ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
One Hundred Leva 1930 1,556,223 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Berán БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Fifty Leva 1930 9,028,000 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Berán БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Twenty Leva 1930 10,015,982 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Berán БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Five Leva 1930 20,001,000 КРУМЪ 814
Ten Leva 1930 15,001,000 КРУМЪ 814
One Hundred Leva 1934 2,505,777 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Metcalfe БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Fifty Leva 1934 3,000,958 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Metcalfe БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Fifty Stotinki 1937 60,200,000 БЪЛГАРИЯ ВЪ ЕДИНЕНИЕТО Е СИЛАТА
One Hundred Leva 1937 2,207,417 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Metcalfe БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Fifty Leva 1940 12,340,000 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Berán БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Twenty Leva 1940 6,650,000 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Berán БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
Two Leva 1941 15,000,000 БЪЛГАРИЯ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
One Lev 1941 10,000,000 БЪЛГАРИЯ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
Ten Leva 1941 2,200,000 КРУМЪ 814
Five Leva 1941 15,000,000 КРУМЪ 814
Ten Leva 1943 25,000,000 КРУМЪ 814
Five Leva 1943 36,000,000 КРУМЪ 814
Two Leva 1943 35,000,000 БЪЛГАРИЯ СЪЕДИНЕНИЕТО ПРАВИ СИЛАТА
Fifty Leva 1943 15,000,000 Tsar Boris III - Portrait by Berán БОРИСЪ III ЦАРЬ НА БЪЛГАРИТѢ
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Цар Борис III (Tsar Boris III): Details
CountryBulgaria
From3 October 1918
To28 August 1943
Personal Information Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
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From1878
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