Description:
Obverse
The obverse features on the left: a replica of the miraculous Virgin Mary Eleusa icon of the Bachkovo Monastery; on the right: the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs), the year of issue ‘2013’, the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip and the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) in semicircle.
Reverse
The reverse features the Bachkovo Monastery and two angels with a Virgin Mary icon of the fresco above the monastery gate; the inscription ‘БАЧКОВСКИ МАНАСТИР • УСПЕНИЕ БОГОРОДИЧНО’ (Bachkovo Monastery • The Assumption) in circumference.
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