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