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10 Stotinki
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1999-2002 |
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| Weight | 3.0 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Madara Horseman, a celebrated medieval rock relief, shown in right-facing profile with a mounted warrior astride a cantering horse, a spear directed downward toward a prostrate lion beneath the horse's hooves. The design is rendered in a stylized, low-relief interpretation of the original eighth-century carving. The Cyrillic legend БЪЛГАРИЯ (Bulgaria) arcs along the upper periphery of the coin field. |
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| Reverse description | A bold numeral '10' dominates the central field, with the denomination legend СТОТИНКИ (Stotinki) inscribed in Cyrillic along the lower arc. The mint year appears in small numerals below the central denomination figure. Twelve five-pointed stars arranged in a circle along the outer border of the field evoke the emblem of the European community, symbolizing Bulgaria's aspirations toward European integration. |
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These coins were struck under the Currency Board arrangement imposed on Bulgaria in July 1997, following a catastrophic banking collapse and hyperinflation that wiped out household savings and briefly pushed the lev to 3,000 per US dollar. The Board pegged the lev rigidly to the Deutschmark — later the euro — stripping the Bulgarian National Bank of independent monetary policy for the first time in the post-communist period.
The nickel brass composition replaced the earlier aluminium-bronze pieces as part of a full redenomination that took effect in 1999, converting at 1,000 old leva to one new lev.