Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bulgaria 2 Leva (1999)


Obverse: Paisiy Hilendarski  (1722–1773)

Reverse: Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya

Obverse: An engraving of Pagisios of Hiliandar; Zografou Monastery on Mount Athos, the Monastery Seal, and the interior of Pagisios' monastic cell; Pagisios of Hiliandar (1722 - 1773).

Reverse: Facsimile of the Zografou draft of the of the "Historiae Sclavo-Bulgaricus" with a list of Bulgarian rulers; Hristofor Zhefarovich's lion rampant with the names of Bulgarian rulers from the First and Second Empires overprinted in microscopic lettering.