1973 Bulgaria 5 Leva Vasil Levski Silver Coin

Vasil Levski (18 July 1837 – 18 February 1873), was a Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Dubbed the Apostle of Freedom, Levski ideologised and strategised a revolutionary movement to liberate Bulgaria from Ottoman rule. Founding the Internal Revolutionary Organisation, Levski sought to foment a nationwide uprising through a network of secret regional committees. This coins was issued by authority of the Government of Bulgaria in 1973 with a mintage of 200,000 coins.