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5 Leva The Lad and the Wind
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Fourth lev (1999-date) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a vibrant polychrome colored design depicting a scene from the Bulgarian folk tale 'The Lad and the Wind,' rendered in a traditional illustrative style. The upper legend reads 'БЪЛГАРСКИ НАРОДНИ ПРИКАЗКИ' (Bulgarian Folk Tales) and the lower legend reads 'МОМЧЕ И ВЯТЪР' (The Lad and the Wind), both arranged in the coin's periphery framing the central colored vignette. |
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Part of Bulgaria's ongoing folklore series, this piece draws from a well-known Bulgarian folk tale in which a young boy outsmarts the wind through cunning rather than force — a narrative archetype found across Balkan oral traditions. The Bulgarian National Bank has issued numerous .500 fine silver commemoratives in this format since the 1990s, targeting domestic collectors rather than the international bullion market. The relatively low silver fineness keeps production costs down without meaningfully affecting collector appeal for a series driven by subject matter rather than metal content.