Catalog
2 1/2 Stotinki - Ferdinand I
| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1888 - - 11,646,666 1888 - Proof - 3,750 |
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Ferdinand I took the Bulgarian throne in 1887 under deeply contested circumstances — Russia refused to recognize his reign for over a decade, and several European powers were slow to follow. This 1888 issue was struck just one year into that precarious rule, at a moment when Ferdinand was actively minting coinage to assert governmental legitimacy he did not yet have universal diplomatic backing to claim.