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10 Leva The Church of Pantokrator
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Fourth lev (1999-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА 2000 10 ЛЕВА (Translation: Bulgarian National Bank 10 Leva) |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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The Church of the Pantokrator in Nessebar — a medieval Byzantine-Bulgarian structure dating to the 13th or 14th century — survives as one of the better-preserved examples of the decorative ceramic inlay style distinctive to the Nessebar ecclesiastical building tradition. Nessebar itself was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983, and Bulgarian commemorative silver issues of this period frequently drew on that recognition to anchor the series thematically.
KM#252 is part of a broader Bulgarian commemorative program from around 2000 targeting the collector market rather than circulation.