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2 Leva Unification with Eastern Rumelia
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | At centre, a circular laurel wreath encloses a Cyrillic inscription commemorating the brave sons of the fatherland, dated 1885, evoking the medal awarded for the Unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia. In the lower field, the bold denomination numeral '2' is flanked to the left by the date '1981' and to the right by the legend 'ЛЕВА', with two laurel sprigs below. The legend '1300 ГОДИНИ БЪЛГАРИЯ' curves along the upper periphery, while the issuer's abbreviation 'НРБ' is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1300 ГОДИНИ БЪЛГАРИЯ 1981 2 ЛЕВА НРБ (Translation: 1300 years of Bulgaria 1981 2 Leva NRB (People's Republic of Bulgaria)) |
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Issued to mark the centenary of Bulgaria's unification with Eastern Rumelia in 1885 — an annexation that the Great Powers had explicitly forbidden under the Treaty of Berlin, yet which Prince Alexander of Battenberg executed anyway, triggering a brief war with Serbia the following year. Bulgaria won that war decisively despite facing a coalition that expected otherwise.