1 Lev: History

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Alexander Malioukov, 07.06.2018 08:56

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Mintage		Position: 1 Year: 2002 AD Mint: Bulgarian Mint Mintage: 24 842 000	Position: 1 Year: 2002 AD Mintage: 24 842 000
		Position: 2 Year: 2002 AD Mint: Bulgarian Mint Mintage: 10 000 Add. Info: Proof	Position: 2 Year: 2002 AD Mint: Bulgarian Mint Mintage: 10 000 Add. Info: proof
	Photo		none	Position: 1 Source: Vasilis Lymperakis Link: /people/Vasilis Cover: Yes
		none	Position: 2 Source: Vasilis Lymperakis Link: /people/Vasilis Cover: Yes
		Position: 3 Source: NumisCorner.com Link: https://www.numiscorner.com Cover: Yes	none
		Position: 4 Source: NumisCorner.com Link: https://www.numiscorner.com Cover: Yes	none
Obverse Object		Person (religious figure) → John of Rila	Miscellaneous → St. Ivan Rilsky (Saint John of Rila)
Obverse Object		Art (sculpture, painting etc.) → Icon	none
Obverse description		Depicts an icon of Saint John of Rila surrounded by his name above and country name below both in Bulgarian. Saint John of Rila (Bulgarian: Свети Йоан (Иван) Рилски, sveti Ioan Rilski) (876 – c. 946) was the first Bulgarian hermit. He was revered as a saint while he was still alive. The legend surrounding him tells of wild animals that freely came up to him and birds that landed in his hands. His followers founded many churches in his honor, including the famous Rila Monastery. One of these churches, "St Ivan Rilski" was only discovered in 2008 in the town of Veliko Tarnovo. Today, he is honored as the patron saint of the Bulgarians and as one of the most important saints in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.	Bulgaria's patron saint, St. Ivan Rilsky (Saint John of Rila) (c876 - 946) is the first Bulgarian hermit and the founder of the grandest monastery in Bulgaria. This coin was released on September 2nd 2002.
Reverse description		Depicts a value, date and a graphical pattern of two crossing lines.	none
Edge		Serrated, Interrupted reeded	Serrated
Edge description		Alternating smooth and reeded segments (8 each)	none
Coin description		Issue date: 02.09.2002 Engraver: Petar Stoykov	none
Material		Bi-Metallic	Copper Nickel Clad Copper
Center		Copper Nickel	Copper Nickel Clad Copper

Alexander Malioukov, 07.06.2018 08:57

User One, 07.06.2018 02:51

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Item		1 Lev, Bulgaria	none

Alexander Malioukov, 07.06.2018 08:57