Bulgaria 20 levs 2007 gold commemorative coin

Bulgarian Iconography • St. George the Victorious

The obverse of the gold coin features the logo of the Bulgarian National Bank, with the year ‘1879’ inscribed on the ribbon. In circumference go ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK), the nominal value ‘20 ЛЕВА’ (BGN 20), and the year of issue ‘2007’.

The reverse of the commemorative coin features Saint George the Victorious, an icon image from ‘St. Nickolas’ Church in the village of Zheravna. The wording ‘СВ. ГЕОРГИ ПОБЕДОНОСЕЦ’ (ST. GEORGE THE VICTORIOUS) goes in circumference.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Year of issue 2007
Nominal value 20 levs
Type of metal gold 999/1000
Quality proof
Weight 1.55 g
Diameter 13.92 mm
Edge flat
Mintage 8,000
Minted in Sofia, Bulgaria
Artistic design Plamen Chernev

Source Bulgarian National Bank

Republic of Bulgaria

Bulgarian modern coins

Republic of Bulgaria

Coins minted 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 50 levs
Edge – flat
“17th Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway, 1994” (Ski – slalom)

Coins minted 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“Imperial Eagle”

Coins minted 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“The Radetzki Steam Liner”

Coins minted 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuZnNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev, 2 levs, 5 levs
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1992 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Nickel Silver
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“17th Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer, Norway, 1994” (Bob - sleight)

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“15th Football Championship, USA, 1994” (footballer)

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 500 levs
Edge – serrated
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – Theodor Stratilat”

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 90%
Nominal value 5000 levs
Edge – serrated
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – Alphabet”

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Platinum 99,9%
Nominal value 10000 levs
Edge – serrated
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – Desislava”

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“The house of Parliament”

Coins minted 1993 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“Wild Goat”

Coins minted 1994 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 90%
Nominal value 10000 levs
Edge – flat
“St Alexander Nevski Cathedral”

Coins minted 1994 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 500 levs
Edge – flat
“15th Football Championship, USA, 1994” (Football Net)

Coins minted 1994 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 50 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years Gymnastics in Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1995 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – serrated
“Astronomical Observatory – Rozhen Peak”

Coins minted 1995 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years Olympic Games, 1996”

Coins minted 1995 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“50 Years FAO”

Coins minted 1995 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“110 Years of the Union of Eastern Rumelia with the Bulgarian Principality”

Coins minted 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 500 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years National Academy of Arts”

Coins minted 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“Kaliakra boat”

Coins minted 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – serrated
“St Ivan Rilski”

Coins minted 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“18th Olympic Games, Nagano, Japan, 1998”

Coins minted 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 500 levs
Edge – flat
“16th World Football Championship, France, 1998” (Two Footballers)

Coins minted 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“16th World Football Championship, France, 1998” (Footballer in Attack)

Coins minted 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“Singing Bulgarian Child”

Coins minted 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 500 levs
Edge – flat
“For Atlantic Solidarity”

Coins minted 1997 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuZn alloy
Nominal value 10 levs, 20 levs, 50 levs
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 5000 levs
Edge – flat
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – St Sofia Church”

Coins minted 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10000 levs
Edge – flat
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – Rhyton”

Coins minted 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10000 levs
Edge – flat
“120 Years of Bulgaria’s Liberation from Ottoman Rule”

Coins minted 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years Bulgarian Telegraph Agency”

Coins minted 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 20000 levs
Edge – flat
“Tetraevangelia of Tzar Ivan Alexander”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 20000 levs
Edge – flat
“120 Years Bulgarian National Bank”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 20000 levs
Edge – flat
“The Virgin Mary with Infant Child”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“120 Years Council of Ministers - EURO”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 90%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – flat
“120 Years Council of Ministers - EURO”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“A Plovdiv House - EURO”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“Monk Seal”

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“27th Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia, 2000” (High Jump)

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuAlNi alloy
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – flat

Coins minted 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Nickel Silver
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – Tsar Todor Svetoslav Terter”

Coins minted 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – The Church of Pantokrator (Nessebar)”

Coins minted 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“The Beginning of the New Millennium”

Coins minted 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“27th Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia, 2000” (Weightlifting)

Coins minted 2000 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: a steel core in an electrolytic film
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – flat

Coins minted 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – the serial number of each coin
“19th Winter Olympic Games, Salt Lake City, USA, 2002” (Ski Jump)

Coins minted 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“Republic of Bulgaria’s Association with the European Community – Bulgarian Higher Education”

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 1 lev
Edge – flat
“Golden Bulgarian Lev”

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Fencing)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Weightlifting)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Running)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Wrestling)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Swimming)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Archery)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Cycling)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Tennis)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Gymnastics – Pommel Horse)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“28th Summer Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 2004” (Pierre De Coubertin)

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy, colored
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“Sourvakari”

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: an outer circle of a yellowish alloy and an inner circle of a white alloy
Nominal value 1 lev
Edge – interrupted milled

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: a steel core in an electrolytic film
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – flat

Coins minted 2002 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuZnNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
”The 60th Anniversary of the Rescue of Jewish People in Bulgaria”

Coins minted 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“The World Football Cup, Germany, 2006”

Coins minted 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy, colored
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“My Childhood”

Coins minted 2003 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – flat
“The Virgin Mary”

Coins minted 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy, colored
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“Palm Sunday”

Coins minted 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuZnNi alloy
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated
“In commemoration of Bulgaria’s admittance to NATO”

Coins minted 2004 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 99,9%
Nominal value 125 levs
Edge – flat
“125 Years Bulgarian National Bank”

People’s Republic of Bulgaria

Bulgarian modern coins

People’s Republic of Bulgaria

Coins minted 1951 in Leningrad, USSR, Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 3 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1951 in Leningrad, USSR, Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 25 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1952 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 20 stotinkas
Edge - serrated

Coins minted 1954 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 20 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1959 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1960 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1962 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge - serrated

Coins minted 1962 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1965 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 2 levs, 5 levs
“1100 Years Slavonic Letters”

Coins minted 1965 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: gold 90%
Nominal value 10 levs, 20 levs
“1100 Years Slavonic Letters”

Coins minted 1965 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 2 levs, 5 levs
“Georgi Dimitrov”

Coins minted 1965 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: gold 90%
Nominal value 10 levs, 20 levs
“Georgi Dimitrov”

Coins minted 1968 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
“1050 Years Since the Death of Kliment Ochridski”

Coins minted 1969 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
“25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1969 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
“90 Years Since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule”

Coins minted 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – blind-blocked five-pointed stars
“120 Years since the Birth of Ivan Vazov”

Coins minted 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1971 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – blind-blocked five-pointed stars
“150 Years since the Birth of Georgi S. Rakovski”

Coins minted 1972 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – blind-blocked five-pointed stars
“250 Years since the Birth of Paisii Chilendarski”

Coins minted 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“150 Years since the Birth of Dobri Chintulov”

Coins minted 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “A Sacred and Pure Republic”
“100 Years since the Death of Vasil Levski”

Coins minted 1973 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – blind-blocked five-pointed stars
“50 Years since the September 1923 Antifascist Uprising”

Coins minted 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – blind-blocked five-pointed stars
“30 Years since the September 1944 Antifascist People’s Uprising”

Coins minted 1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“50 Years since the Death of Alexander Stamboliiski”

Coins minted 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – embossed text “Sport for Peaceful World”
“10th Olympic Congress, Varna, 1973”

Coins minted 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – embossed text “Citius, Altius, Fortius”
“10th Olympic Congress, Varna, 1973”

Coins minted 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Cu 90%, Zn 10%
Nominal value 1 lev
Edge – embossed text “Rebel Ye, and Take up Arms”
“100 Years since the April 1876 Uprising”

Coins minted 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“100 Years since the April 1876 Uprising”

Coins minted 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “Long Live Bulgaria”
“100 Years since the April 1876 Uprising”

Coins minted 1976 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “He Who Shaft in Battle for Freedom Fall, Shaft Ever Live On”
“100 Years since the Death of Christo Botev”

Coins minted 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated
“University Games, Sofia, 1977”

Coins minted 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“150 Years since the Birth of Petko R. Slaveikov”

Coins minted 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years since the Birth of Peyo K. Yavorov”

Coins minted 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “Eternal Glory to the Brother Liberators”
“100 Years since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule, 1878”

Coins minted 1978 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years the Kiril and Metodii National Library”

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years Bulgarian Telecommunication”

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – embossed text “Sofia: Ever Growing, Never Old”
“Sofia - 100 Years the Capital of Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – embossed text “USSR – PRB Intercosmos 1979”
“First Soviet – Bulgarian Space Flight”

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 90%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – embossed text “USSR – PRB Intercosmos 1979”
“First Soviet – Bulgarian Space Flight”

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“International Year of the Child”

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1980 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1lev, 2 levs, 5 levs
Edge – flat
“World Football Championship, Spain, 1982”

Coins minted 1980 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1980 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1980 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 lev
Edge – serrated
”100 Years since the Birth of Yordan Yovkov”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1lev, 2 levs, 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“World Hunting Exposition, Plovdiv, EXPO 1981

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae 100%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1 lev
Edge – flat
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Eternal Friendship between Bulgaria and the USSR”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. 681. Madara Equestrian Figure”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 50 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. 681. Madara Equestrian Figure”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Ivan Asen II”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 50 levs
Edge – flat
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Ivan Asen II”
Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. The Republic”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 50 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. The Republic”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Mother and Child”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Mother and Child”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 90%
Nominal value 50 levs
Edge – flat
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Mother and Child”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 90%
Nominal value 1000 levs
Edge – flat
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Mother and Child”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. HaXdouks”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Bouzloudja, 1891”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Oborishte”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Boyana Church”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Slavonic Letters”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. The Rila Monastery”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. The Liberation”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. 800 Years since the Uprising of Assen and Petar”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. The Union of Eastern Rumelia with the Bulgarian Principality”

Coins minted 1981 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“1300 Years Bulgaria. Christo Botev and Sandor Petefi”

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 64%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – serrated
“12th World Football Championship, Spain, 1982” (footballers)

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 64%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – serrated
“12th World Football Championship, Spain, 1982” (sombrero)

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“100 Years since the Birth of Vladimir Dimitrov, the Master”

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years since the Birth of Georgi Dimitrov”

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“Second International Children’s Assembly, Sofia, Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“40 Years since the Birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova”

Coins minted 1982 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – flat
“40 Years since the Birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova”

Coins minted 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“40 Years since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – embossed text “Citius, Altius, Fortius”
“14th Winter Olympic Games, Sarajevo, SFRY”

Coins minted 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – embossed text “Progress for Women – Progress for the World”
“UN Women’s Decade”

Coins minted 1984 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Gold 90%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – embossed text “Progress for Women – Progress for the World”
“UN Women’s Decade”

Coins minted 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 64%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – serrated
“Intercosmos”

Coins minted 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “UNESCO 1945 - 1985”
“23rd UNESCO General Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“World Inventors Exposition, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, EXPO 85”

Coins minted 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“Third International Children’s Assembly, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985”

Coins minted 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“90 Years Organized Tourism in Bulgaria” (Aleko Konstantinov)

Coins minted 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“World Football Championship, Mexico, 1986”

Coins minted 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“World Football Championship, Mexico, 1986” (griffon)

Coins minted 1986 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“World Football Championship, Mexico, 1986” (footballer)

Coins minted 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – embossed text “If I Win, I Win for the Whole Nation”
“150 Years since the Birth of Vasil Levski”

Coins minted 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“13th World Eurhythmics Championship, Varna, Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1lev, 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“15th Winter Olympic Games, Calgary, Canada”

Coins minted 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 64%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“15th Winter Olympic Games, Calgary, Canada, 1988”

Coins minted 1987 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“15th Winter Olympic Games, Calgary, Canada, 1988”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“Fourth International Children’s Assembly, Sofia, Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“120 Years since the Death of Hadji Dimitar and Stefan Karadja”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – flat
“300 Years since the Chiprovtzi Uprising”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“25 Years Kremikovtzi Metal”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“100 Years Kliment Ochridski University of Sofia”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – embossed text “Forward, for Learning is Our Sun”
“100 Years Kliment Ochridski University of Sofia”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – flat
“100 Years Bulgarian State Railways”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – flat
“110 Years since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“24th Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1988”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 64%
Nominal value 10 levs
Edge – flat
“24th Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1988”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5%
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“24th Summer Olympic Games, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1988”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“Second Soviet – Bulgarian Space Flight”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – flat
“Second Soviet – Bulgarian Space Flight”

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1988 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 2 levs
Edge – serrated
“22nd Canoe – Kayak World Championship, Plovdiv, Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“250 Years since the Birth of Sofronii Vrachanski”

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – serrated
“200 Years since the Birth of Vasil Aprilov”

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 50%
Nominal value 20 levs
Edge – flat
“120 Years Bulgarian Academy of Sciences”

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev, 20 levs, 50 levs
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“Mother Bear with Cutes”

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“16th Winter Olympic Games, Albertville, France, 1992” (Figure Skating)

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“16th Summer Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain, 1992” (Canoe)

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“14th World Football Championship, Italy, 1990” (footballers)


Coins minted 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“14th World Football Championship, Italy, 1990” (football shoe)


Coins minted 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“14th World Football Championship, Italy, 1990” (football)

Coins minted 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“16th Winter Olympic Games, Albertville, France, 1992” (Ski Running)

Coins minted 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“16th Summer Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain, 1992” (Marathon)

Coins minted 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Silver 92,5
Nominal value 25 levs
Edge – flat
“Lynx”

Coins minted 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: Ae
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1989 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Metal: CuNi alloy
Nominal value 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas, 50 stotinkas, 1 lev
Edge – serrated

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Bulgarian modern coins

Kingdom of Bulgaria

Coins minted 1910 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas, 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1912 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: Cu 95%, Sn 4%, Zn 1%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas

Coins minted 1912 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 5 stotinkas, 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas

Coins minted 1912 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1912 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1912 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: gold 90%
Nominal value 20 levs, 100 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1913 in Vienna, Austria - Hungary
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 5 stotinkas, 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas

Coins minted 1913 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1913 in Vienna, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1916 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1916 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1917 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: Cu 100%
Nominal value 5 stotinkas, 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas

Coins minted 1923 in Vienna, Austria – Hungary, Birmingham, Great Britain
Metal: Al 90%, Zn 8%, Cu 2%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs

Coins minted 1925 in Poissy, France, Brussels, Belgium
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs

Coins minted 1930 in Stuttgart, Germany
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 5 levs, 10 levs

Coins minted 1930 in Budapest, Hungary
Metal: Ag 50%, Cu 40%, Ni 5%, Zn 5%
Nominal value 20 levs, 50 levs, 100 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1934 in London, Great Britain, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Metal: Ag 50%, Cu 40%, Ni 5%, Zn 5%
Nominal value 50 levs, 100 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1937 in Kremnica, Czechoslovakia
Metal: Cu 91%, Al 9%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas

Coins minted 1937 in Kremnica, Czechoslovakia
Metal: Ag 50%, Cu 40%, Ni 5%, Zn 5%
Nominal value 100 levs
Edge – embossed text “God save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1940 in Berlin, Germany
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 20 levs, 50 levs

Coins minted 1941 in Berlin, Germany
Metal: Fe 100%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs, 5 levs, 10 levs

Coins minted 1943 in Berlin, Germany
Metal: Fe 100%
Nominal value 2 levs

Coins minted 1943 in Berlin, Germany
Metal: Fe, CuNi plated
Nominal value 5 levs, 10 levs, 50 levs

Principality of Bulgaria

Bulgarian modern coins

Principality of Bulgaria

Coins minted 1881 in Birmingham, Great Britain
Metal: Cu 95%, Sn 4%, Zn 1%
Nominal value 2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas, 10 stotinkas

Coins minted 1882 in St Petersburg, Russia
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1883 in St Petersburg, Russia
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas
Edge – serrated

Coins minted 1884 in St Petersburg, Russia
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1885 in St Petersburg, Russia
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1888 in Brussels, Belgium
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 2 1/2 stotinkas, 5 stotinkas, 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas

Coins minted 1891 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas, 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1891 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1891 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1894 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 83,5%
Nominal value 50 stotinkas, 1 lev, 2 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1894 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: silver 90%
Nominal value 5 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1894 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: gold 90%
Nominal value 10 levs, 20 levs, 100 levs
Edge – embossed text “God Save Bulgaria”

Coins minted 1901 in Paris, France
Metal: Cu 95%, Sn 4%, Zn 1%
Nominal value 1 stotinka, 2 stotinkas


Coins minted 1906 in Kremnitz, Austria - Hungary
Metal: Cu 75%, Ni 25%
Nominal value 5 stotinkas, 10 stotinkas, 20 stotinkas