Hallo,
I am Pavel.
I have several suggestions that I hope to convince you to accept. It comes about NGS’s registry category ‘’Bulgaria’’ ->’’People’s Republic (1946-1990)’’.
I. Now let see possible subcategories there. We have one including the whole period from 1951 to 1990, as there were no Bulgarian coins minted between 1944-1950. Then we have six categories trying to complete proof versions of circulating coins:
Stotinka, Brass, 1979-1981, Proof
2 Stotinka, Brass, 1979-1981, Proof
5 Stotinka, Brass, 1979-1981, Proof
10 Stotinka, 1979-1981, Proof
20 Stotinka, 1979-1981, Proof
50 Stotinka, 1979-1981, Proof
These special issues were minted three years only – 1979,1980 and 1981.
In my opinion these categories stay incomplete as all three series consist of seven denominations.
There must be seventh category - LEV, 1979-1981, Proof.
Hence it will be completed. Alternative way is to turn all seven categories in three:
1979 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set (7 lots)
1980 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set (7 lots)
1981 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set (7 lots)
II. Category ‘’Bulgaria’’ ->’’People’s Republic (1946-1990)’’->’’ 1951-1990, Circulation Issue’’.
Name of subcategory suggest there must be ONLY circulating coins, no proofs, no commemoratives, no jubilees, no extra stuff. I would like to suggest you remove these lines, as they are not definitely in the proper place! These are 26:
1976 UPRISING ANNIVERSARY LEV
1980 WORLD CUP SOCCER LEV
1981 HUNTING EXPOSITION LEV
1981 RUSSIAN FRIENDSHIP LEV
1987 OLYMPICS - HOCKEY LEV
1988 OLYMPICS - SPRINTING LEV
1972 DOBRI CHINTULOV 2L
1976 UPRISING ANNIVERSARY 2L
1976 UPRISING - LETTERED EDGE 2L
1980 WORLD CUP SOCCER 2L
1980 YORDAN YOVKOV 2L
1981 HUNTING EXPOSITION 2L
1963 SLAVONIC ALPHABET ANNIV. 5L
1970 IVAN VAZOV 5L
1971 GEORGI S. RAKOVSKI 5L
1979 COMMUNICATIONS ANNIV. 5L
1980 WORLD CUP SOCCER 5L
1981 HUNTING EXPOSITION 5L
1981 NATIONHOOD ANNIVERSARY 5L
1979 JOINT SPACE FLIGHT 14G 10L
1979 SOFIA AS NATION'S CAPITAL 20L
1966 OCHRIDSKY 1050TH ANNIV. OF DEATH 2L
1969 REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY 2L
1969 LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY 2L
1969 REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY LEV
1969 LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY LEV
All above slots must be placed in proper place -there may be created new category - ’’People’s Republic (1946-1990)’’->’’ 1951-1990, NON-Circulation Issue’’ – will contain all proofs, BU coins, except circulating coins!
You must remove :
1981 KM-85 2S (NON-COMPETITIVE; FOR DISPLAY ONLY) – THIS IS PROOF ONLY!!!
What possible coin lots must stay in Category ‘’Bulgaria’’ ->’’People’s Republic (1946-1990)’’->’’ 1951-1990, Circulation Issue’’ in my opinion are 59:
1S – years 1951,1962,1970,1974,1981 Nationhood 1300th anniversary, 1981 KM-84,1988,1989,1990.
2S – years 1951,1962,1974,1981 Nationhood 1300th anniversary,1988,1989,1990.
3S – year 1951.
5S - years 1951,1962,1974,1981 Nationhood 1300th anniversary,1988,1989,1990.
10S - years 1951,1962,1974,1981 Nationhood 1300th anniversary,1988,1989,1990.
20S - years 1951,1952,1954,1962,1974,1981 Nationhood 1300th anniversary ,1988 small date,1988 large date,1989,1990.
25S – year 1951.
50S – years 1959,1962,1974,1977 UNIVERSITY GAMES, Nationhood 1300th anniversary,1988,1989,1990.
LEV – years 1960,1962,1981 Nationhood 1300th anniversary,1988,1989,1990.
20L – 1989
50L – 1989
Category ‘’Bulgaria’’ ->’’People’s Republic (1946-1990)’’->’’ 1951-1990, Circulation Issue’’ must consist of coins issued for circulation only.
III. In this new category ‘’ 1951-1990, Complete Proof’’ do you know that along with ‘’ 1989 LEV’’ and ‘’ 1966 OCHRIDSKY 1050TH ANNIV. OF DEATH 2L’’ which are extremely rare in PROOF versions, there are also extreme rare coins in proof versions like:
1969 REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY 2L
1969 LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY 2L
1969 REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY LEV
1969 LIBERATION ANNIVERSARY LEV
Here you must add:
1981 KM-85 2S (NON-COMPETITIVE; FOR DISPLAY ONLY) –which IS PROOF ONLY – 20 pieces!
IV. In category ‘’2002-Date, Complete Proof Issue’’
My suggestion is to pull all the seven slots for the proof version of our circulating coins dated 2002 – 1S,2S,5S,10S,20S,50S, LEV out of it and place it next to the similar coins in new category named like those:
1979 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set (7 slots)
1980 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set (7 slots)
1981 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set (7 slots), and namely
‘’2002 Bulgaria circulating coins, Proof set’’ (7 slots)
Regards,
Bulgarian coinage
Hello, I'm Pavel Petkov (CS050291) from Bulgaria. I have following situation some slots have to drop off the competition list as inapropriate ones. 1981 1S KM-84 and 1988 SMALL DATE 20S. There is a difference between two Bulgaria's 1 stotinka coins, both issued in 1981. The one is regular strike intended for circulation KM-111, and the other is KM-84. They can be distinguished by their obverse, the reverse is one and the same. Regular coin bears legends "Хиляда и триста години България" (1300th Anniversary of Bulgaria), the irregular one (KM-84) bears legends "Народна република България" (People's republic of Bulgaria). I have two 1981 1S KM-84, both recognized as Mint errors, which do not enter the Registry as by a rule. And mint error in both cases do not comes from planchets, clips, mechanical forced changes, rotated or clashed dies - no, it is just because the difference in legends, it can be said that the irregular coin is a mule with an obverse of 1974 1S, which is mint error too. How will you describe 1981 1S KM-84 in a way not to be mint error? May one and the same coin to be both-, once mint error and then regular coin (coins are both in their fabric condition as expected, with normal traces of circulation) ? Come on! The other slot is 1988 SMALL DATE 20S. There is slot and for so-called large dated coins. I think this slot to be dropped off, as such variety is not recognized by the Bulgarian national bank (https://www.bnb.bg/bnbweb/groups/public/documents/bnb_publication/pub_np_catalogues_coins_p1_bg.pdf). On other hand -how many of these have you seen? Holy cow? Just ONE!!! I can say your regisrtry set "1951-1990, Circulation Issue (Business Strike Only)" is corrupted!!! You give advantage to a competitor with a one , single known coin presented before NGC, pretending to be a variety. In PCGC there is no "Small/Large date" 1988 20S , it is just 1988 20S Bulgaria. Chance to have this in anybody's set is one to millions (no one knows how many, as there are no mintage figures revealed in public). Come on! Make the game fair, please! I need your confimation and comment and what have you decided on these two slots - to be, or not to be? Send it to p222707@abv.bg, please! Sincerely yours, Pavel Petkov