The modern history of Bulgarian banknotes begins after the liberation of the Bulgarian state in 1878. Before that, various foreign coins were used in the economic turnover of the country – mostly Turkish, Russian, Romanian and Serbian silver coins. The Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), established in 1879, managed to impose the use of the leva …
On the 16th of September Romanians celebrate 187 years since the creation of the first Romanian Leu (In translation: Lion). The leu becomes officially the National Romanian Currency on the 16th of September 1835, when Alexandru Ghica, ruler of Vallachia, establishes the Leu, equivalent of 60 parale as a National coin. At that time, Romania …
The old continent Europe, the land that unites more than fifty geographical regions, with the special cultural heritage, took its name from a mythical event. It is said that Europe was the daughter of the ruler of Phoenicia, sister of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. Europe, a young woman with big eyes as the term …
