KINGDOM OF BULGARIA (1908-1946)
RARE OFFICIAL 1967-1968 RESTRIKE BY THE NATIONAL BANK OF BULGARIA
REIGN OF FERDINAND I (as KYNAZ 1887-1908; as TSAR 1908-1918) - HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA-KOTHÁRY
COMMEMORATING THE PROCLAMATION OF BULGARIAN INDEPENDENCE FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN 1908
LARGE GOLD ONE-HUNDRED LEVA COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
1 AND ONLY 68 GRADED BY NGC!
OBV: PORTRAIT OF FERDINAND I LEFT.
REV: CROWNED ROYAL SHIELD OF ARMS FLANKED BY SPRAYS; DENOMINATION WITHIN SPRAYS DIVIDED BY SHIELD; SMALL DATE (1912) BENEATH ARMS WITH INDEPENDENCE DATE (SEPTEMBER 22, 1908) BELOW.
KM # 34 (1912 PROOF RESTRIKE)
THE CONSITITUTIONLA MONARCHY OF THE KINGDOM OF BULGARIA (ALSO CALLED THE TSARDOM OF BULGARIA, THE THIRD BULGARIAN TSARDOM OR THE THIRD BULGARIAN EMPIRE), WAS PROCLAIMED ON OCTOBER 5, (CELEBRATED ON SEPTEMBER 22) 1908 BY TSAR FERDINAND I (b. 186 -d. 1948). BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BULGARIA HAD BEEN A PART OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. FERDINAND ELEVATED HIMSELF FROM KYNAZ (PRINCE) TO TSAR (KING) AND SET ABOUT PLANNING "THE DREAM OF A NEW BYZANTIUM" THROUGH THE MILITARY RECONQUEST OF BULGARIAN OCCUPIED LANDS IN THE BALKANS.
CONTAINS 32.258 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.9334 OZ AGW)
35 MM IN DIAMETER
BULGARIAN MINT, SOPHIA
ONLY 1,000 MINTED!
