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50 Leva - Boris III
| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Bulgaria's fiscal situation in 1930 was precarious enough that the government deliberately chose .500 fineness rather than the .835 silver standard common to contemporary European issues — a quiet debasement that kept metal costs down while maintaining the appearance of a silver coin. The 50 Leva was struck at the Budapest mint, a consequence of Bulgaria's limited domestic minting infrastructure following the restrictions imposed after the First World War.
Boris III had consolidated his personal rule through a royal coup in 1934-35, though this coin predates that consolidation by several years, issued when parliamentary government in Bulgaria was still nominally intact.