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1 Lev Summer Olympics
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Currency | Third lev (1962-1999) |
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| Reverse lettering | XXIV ЛЕТНИ ОЛИМПИЙСКИ ИГРИ 1988∙ 1 ЛЕВ∙ (Translation: XXIV Summer Olympics Games 1 Lev) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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Bulgaria's 1988 Olympic coinage was issued ahead of the Seoul Games, during a period when the Bulgarian state sports apparatus was deeply enmeshed in the Soviet bloc's systematic doping infrastructure — an irony the official mint documentation naturally omits. The coin was struck for general circulation rather than as a collector-only release, meaning worn examples turn up with some regularity.