Horses
USA - Delaware State Quarter


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Coin Details

  

Set Details
Coin Description: 20S 2002
Grade: NGC PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: brg5658
 
Set Category: Thematic & Topical Coins
Set Name: Horses
Slot Name: USA - Delaware State Quarter
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Purchased on eBay on 4/7/2011. This is a proof strike of the cupro-nickel 20 stotinki. The coin has a diameter of 20mm and a proof mintage of only 10,000 pieces. The stotinki is the decimal unit of the Bulgarian unit of currency the lev -- 100 stotinki make up 1 lev. The obverse depicts the Madara Rider or Madara Horseman (Bulgarian: Madarski konnik). This is an early medieval large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The Madara Rider is depicted on the obverse of smaller Bulgarian coins (1 to 50 stotinki) and is also planned to appear on Bulgaria's Euro coinage when Bulgaria adopts the Euro as currency (expected around 2013-2014). The original rock relief depicts a majestic horseman about 70 feet above ground level on an almost vertical 330 feet high cliff. The horseman, facing right, is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse's feet; the scene symbolically depicts a military triumph. The full relief also contains a following dog behind the horse (as seen in the relief depiction in the picture).

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