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10 Stotinki - Alexander I Pattern
| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Value | 10 Stotinki (0.10) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an entirely typographic design in French, arranged in multiple lines across the field. At the top, along the upper arc, the date XXIX AVRIL MDCCCLXXIX (29 April 1879) is inscribed in Roman numerals and letters. A double-barred Orthodox cross is prominent in the upper central field. Below, in several lines of diminishing and varying type sizes, the commemorative legend records the election of the Prince of Battenberg as Prince of Bulgaria under the name Alexandre 1er. A decorative rule separates the text from the engraver's initials AB at the bottom of the field, all within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bulgaria's first coinage was struck in 1879 following the Liberation from Ottoman rule, with patterns produced in multiple metals and sizes to test designs before the official series was approved. This copper pattern for the 10 Stotinki was never adopted — the circulating issue was struck in bronze at a smaller module, and production was contracted to the Birmingham Mint rather than a Bulgarian facility, as the new principality had no mint of its own.
Prince Alexander I had been on the throne less than a year when these patterns were evaluated. The oversize copper trials were likely produced for submission to the Bulgarian monetary commission in 1879.