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10 Leva XXIII Summer Olympics, Pattern, Probe II
| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The state coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria occupies the central field, featuring a rampant lion on a shield flanked by two olive branches and surmounted by a five-pointed star, with crossed dates 681 and 1944 on a scroll below. Flanking the arms are two upright Olympic torches with flames. The large denomination numeral '10' appears in the lower field, with the legend 'ЛЕВА' to its right. The Cyrillic inscription 'НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ' arcs along the upper periphery, while the date '1984' is positioned at the lower left and the pattern designation 'ПРОБА II' appears to the right of the coat of arms. The entire design is framed by a decorative border of interlocking Olympic rings. |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ ПРОБА II ∙ 1984 ∙10 ∙ ЛЕВА (Translation: The People's Republic of Bulgaria Probe 2 1984 10 Leva) |
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Bulgaria submitted multiple design proposals for its 1984 Los Angeles Olympics commemorative program, and this piece is one of the surviving pattern strikes from that selection process — catalogued separately from the adopted type as Pn29. The .640 fine silver alloy is notably below the .900 standard common to most European commemoratives of the period, a cost-driven choice reflecting Bulgaria's chronic hard-currency shortages under Zhivkov's centrally planned economy.
Bulgaria ultimately boycotted the Los Angeles Games alongside the Soviet bloc, making the entire Olympic commemorative output of 1984 a peculiar exercise in coins struck to honor an event the issuing country refused to attend.