Bulgaria, 1976 AD., People's Republic, 1300 Years of Bulgarian Nation and Friendship with Hungary, Christo Botev and Sándor Petöfi commemorative, 5 Leva, KM 132.

Bulgaria, People's Republic, 1300 Years of Bulgarian Nation and Friendship with Hungary, Christo Botev and Sándor Petöfi commemorative, engravers: Stefan Nenov, Kancho Avramov and Gyürgy Bognár, 1981 AD.,
5 Leva (ø 12,00 mm / 32 g), copper-nickel, 12,00 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 187.000 , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), reeded edge,
Obv.: НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ / 5 / ЛЕВА / 1981 , coat of arms, branches flanking, value and date below.
Rev.: 1300 ГОДИНИ - БЪЛГАРИЯ , portraits of Sándor Petőfi (left) and Hristo Botev (right) facing, their singnatures below, quill and sword handle between.
KM 132 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1981 140.000
1981 47.000 (proof issue)

Sándor Petőfi (born Petrovics; Slovak: Alexander Petrovič; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the Nemzeti dal (National Song), which is said to have inspired the revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary that grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire. It is most likely that he died in the Battle of Segesvár, one of the last battles of the war.

Hristo Botev (Bulgarian: Христо Ботев, also transliterated as Hristo Botyov) (6 January 1848 – 1 June 1876), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (Bulgarian: Христо Ботьов Петков), was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero.