Catalog
2 Leva - Aleksandr I
| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | БЪЛГАРИЯ * СЪЕДИНЕНИЕ-ТО ПРАВИ СИЛА-ТА * (Translation: Bulgaria Unity Makes Strength) |
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| Mintage | 1882 - - 2,000,000 |
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Bulgaria's first silver coinage came directly from the political settlement following the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78. The Treaty of Berlin created an autonomous Bulgarian principality, and Aleksandr of Battenberg was installed as its first prince in 1879 — a German aristocrat chosen partly to satisfy the competing interests of the Great Powers. The 1882 coinage was struck at the St. Petersburg Mint, a pointed acknowledgment of Russia's dominant role in the new state's formation.
Aleksandr's reign ended abruptly in 1886 when Russian-backed conspirators kidnapped him and forced his abdication. The series is consequently short-lived.