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10 Leva Slavonic Alphabet
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | Full-length portraits of Saints Cyril and Methodius standing side by side in ecclesiastical robes, each holding a scroll, rendered in a classical relief style. The circular legend 'КИРИЛ И МЕТОДИЙ · СЛАВЯНСКА ПИСМЕНОСТ ·' arcs around the upper and lateral periphery in Cyrillic script. The commemorative dates '· 863-1963 ·' appear in the lower exergue, marking the 1100th anniversary of the creation of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabets. |
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Bulgaria issued this piece in 1963 as part of a series marking the 1,100th anniversary of the creation of the Glagolitic script by Saints Cyril and Methodius — the missionary brothers whose 9th-century alphabet work in Moravia ultimately gave the Slavic world its written form. The timing placed the issue squarely within the Soviet-aligned cultural nationalism that characterized Bulgarian state promotion of pan-Slavic heritage during the Cold War period.
KM#67 was struck in limited numbers for collectors rather than circulation, and surviving examples typically show minimal contact marks as a result.