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5 Leva Palm Sunday
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a colorful polychrome design featuring an arrangement of spring flowers set within a square compositional frame. A vertical willow branch traverses the central motif, symbolizing the Christian cross in reference to the Palm Sunday celebration. The Cyrillic inscription 'ЦВЕТНИЦА' (Palm Sunday) is integrated into the design, partially overlaid by the willow twig. The overall composition combines traditional Bulgarian folk floral ornamentation with Christian iconographic symbolism. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Palm Sunday commemoratives occupy a consistent niche in Bulgarian National Bank's collector program, which expanded significantly after 1999 when the lev was redenominated and the bank refocused its commemorative agenda toward Orthodox religious themes. This piece belongs to a series of copper-nickel issues tied to the liturgical calendar — a deliberate institutional acknowledgment of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church's centrality to national identity following decades of Soviet-era suppression.