Coin

29-223-71

From: Bulgaria

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-223-71
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bulgarian
Provenience Bulgaria
Manufacture Location Bulgaria
Date Made 1888
Section Mediterranean
Materials Metal
Iconography Coat Of Arms | Lion | Crown | Laurel | Rose | Wheat | Inscription
Description

1888 "20 Stotinki" Circulation Coin. CuNi alloy. A "Stotinka" is a Bulgarian monetary unit based on a hundredths count. 20 Stotinki = 20 hundreths (20 cents?).

OBV: coat of arms with lion and crown, and inscription in Bulgarian. REV: laurel, roses and wheat, and inscription (words in Bulgarian): 20 1888

Thickness 0.2 cm
Outside Diameter 2.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Maxwell Sommerville, 1901

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