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| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark Bulgaria's hosting of the 1980 FIFA World Youth Championship — a tournament won by the Soviet Union, with Diego Maradona's Argentina taking the runner-up position the previous year in Japan. Bulgaria had secured hosting rights as part of a broader effort by the communist government to leverage international sporting events for domestic prestige during this period of Olympic-era political maneuvering.
The copper-nickel composition was standard for Bulgarian commemoratives of this decade, most of which saw limited circulation outside collector channels.