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10 Leva 100 Years of Bulgarian Aircraft Manufacture
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА 1879 2015 10 ЛЕВА (Translation: Bulgarian National Bank 10 Leva) |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed relief depiction of a Bulgarian-built biplane attributed to pioneering aviation designer Assen Jordanoff, shown in three-quarter perspective occupying the central field with a pilot visible in the open cockpit. The aircraft's double-wing structure, strut bracing, wheeled undercarriage, and front-mounted engine with propeller are rendered with considerable technical precision. The curved Cyrillic legend "БЪЛГАРСКО САМОЛЕТОСТРОЕНЕ" arcs along the upper periphery, while the numeral "100" and the word "ГОДИНИ" (years) appear prominently in the lower field, together commemorating the centenary of Bulgarian aircraft manufacture. |
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Bulgaria's aviation industry traces its roots to 1915, when the country established one of the earliest military air services in the Balkans during the First World War. Domestic aircraft manufacture developed through the interwar period under the State Aircraft Factory at Bozhurishte, which produced licensed variants of foreign designs before developing indigenous types in the 1930s.
KM#334 belongs to a long-running Bulgarian commemorative silver program that has issued thematic 10 Leva pieces since the 1990s. The .925 standard used here matches the series convention established across most of its cultural and historical subjects.