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  • 5 Stotinki 1951, KM# 52, Bulgaria
  • 5 Stotinki 1951, KM# 52, Bulgaria
Obverse

Depicts the 1st coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1948–1968) surrounded by the country name People's Republic of Bulgaria.

In the communist era, the traditional type of coat of arms was replaced by the emblem, which preserved the golden lion rampant placed over a non-historically-justifiable oval azure field, but encircled by the ears of wheat, folded by banners '9 IX 1944' (9 September 1944), a gear-wheel, a five-pointed red star and some other elements. This composition was derived principally from the pattern of the emblem of the Soviet Union.

НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА
9 IX 1944
БЪЛГАРИЯ

Reverse

Denomination above date at right, grain sprig (wheat stem) at left.

5
СТОТИНКИ
1951

Edge

5 Stotinki

KM# 52 Schön# 50
Characteristics
Material Bronze
Weight 3.1 g
Diameter 22 mm
Thickness 1.2 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Leningrad Mint (LMD)

Related coins

1st Coat of Arms

Brass, 3 g, ⌀ 22 mm
2nd Coat of Arms

Brass, 3.1 g, ⌀ 22.35 mm
Magnetic

Aluminium Bronze, 3.5 g, ⌀ 20.1 mm