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10 Stotinki - Aleksandr I
| Issuer | Principality of Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1881 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Bulgarian state coat of arms at center: a crowned escutcheon bearing a rampant lion, supported by two rampant lions flanking crossed flags surmounted by a large royal crown. The central shield is ornamented with scrollwork at its base. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner border. The Cyrillic legend БЪЛГАРИЯ arcs across the upper field, while СЪЕДИНЕНИЕ-ТО ПРАВИ СИЛА-ТА (Unity Makes Strength) curves along the lower periphery, with a six-pointed star at each lateral extremity. |
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| Mintage | 1881 - - 15,000,000 1881 - Proof - |
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Bulgaria's first coinage as a modern state came directly from the 1878 Treaty of Berlin, which established the Principality under Ottoman suzerainty and installed the German prince Alexander of Battenberg on the throne. The 1881 series was struck at the Saint Petersburg Mint — a deliberate political alignment with Russia, which had sponsored Bulgarian autonomy in the first place.
Alexander would be deposed five years later in a Russian-backed coup, making this brief early coinage the only issues to bear his name.