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King Khan Krum Kills Kitty (Bulgaria Coin)
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This Bulgaria 1930 10 Leva coin shows "The Madara Horseman",
"Krum" in the Cyrillic alphabet, and the date "814".
The "horseman" is a rock relief carved into a vertical cliff face depicting a life-size
horseman, a lion, and a dog.
It is located in northeast Bulgaria.
Before World War 2, the common belief was that the horseman was Khan KRUM
who ruled Bulgaria from 804 - 815 AD. In fact, a Bulgarian coin was minted in the 1930's
with a picture of the relief credited to Khan KRUM.
Many investigations later, a leading Bulgarian archaeologist, Vesilin Besheliev,
determined the age of the relief at 705 AD, almost 100 years before Khan KRUM.
The wrong king got credit on this coin.
I guess this makes it an "error coin".
Bulgaria also struck this coin in 1943:
"Krum" in the Cyrillic alphabet, and the date "814".
The "horseman" is a rock relief carved into a vertical cliff face depicting a life-size
horseman, a lion, and a dog.
It is located in northeast Bulgaria.
Before World War 2, the common belief was that the horseman was Khan KRUM
who ruled Bulgaria from 804 - 815 AD. In fact, a Bulgarian coin was minted in the 1930's
with a picture of the relief credited to Khan KRUM.
Many investigations later, a leading Bulgarian archaeologist, Vesilin Besheliev,
determined the age of the relief at 705 AD, almost 100 years before Khan KRUM.
The wrong king got credit on this coin.
I guess this makes it an "error coin".
Bulgaria also struck this coin in 1943:
https://www.brianrxm.com
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