Bulgarian lev

currency of Bulgaria from 1880 to 2025 (iso: BGN)
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Bulgarian lev

Summary

Bulgarian lev is an obsolete currency[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of obsolete_currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bulgarian lev is in the country of Bulgaria[3].
  • Bulgarian lev's image is recorded as BG coin.jpg[4].
  • Bulgarian lev's instance of is recorded as obsolete currency[5].
  • Bulgarian lev's instance of is recorded as currency[6].
  • lion thaler is named after Bulgarian lev[7].
  • Bulgarian lev's Commons category is recorded as Money of Bulgaria[8].
  • Bulgarian lev's ISO 4217 code is recorded as BGN[9].
  • Bulgarian lev's central bank/issuer is recorded as Bulgarian National Bank[10].
  • Bulgarian lev's start time is recorded as +1880-06-04T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Bulgarian lev's end time is recorded as +2026-01-01T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Bulgarian lev's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01nmfw[13].
  • Bulgarian lev's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Currencies of Bulgaria[14].
  • Bulgarian lev's described at URL is recorded as https://baike.sogou.com/v764314.htm[15].
  • Bulgarian lev's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as Bulgaria[16].
  • Bulgarian lev's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 741621[17].
  • Bulgarian lev's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0119229[18].
  • Bulgarian lev's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Bulgarian lev's replaces is recorded as Bulgarian lev (third)[20].
  • Bulgarian lev's replaced by is recorded as euro[21].
  • Bulgarian lev's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/lev-currency[22].
  • Bulgarian lev's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Български лев'}[23].
  • Bulgarian lev's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'лв.'}[24].
  • Bulgarian lev's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'лев'}[25].
  • Bulgarian lev's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'лева'}[26].
  • Bulgarian lev's different from is recorded as Lew[27].

Why It Matters

Bulgarian lev ranks in the top 9% of obsolete_currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (313 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . istorie-pe-scurt.ro. istorie-pe-scurt.ro. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ISO 4217. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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