- Base metal
25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria
1969 · 1 lev · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Copper-nickel alloy
- Weight
- 8 g
- Diameter
- 27 mm
- Quality
- BU
- Official mintage
- 3,700,000
- Year of issue
- 1969
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Valentin Starchev and Krum Damianov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-1969-02
- Issue price
- 1.00 лв
- pre-1999 lev · BNB, 1969
- Market value (asking prices)
- €1.60
- 1 listing (asking price) · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- —
- base metal, not tracked
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €1.60
- median asking price €1.60 · 1 listing
Sample listings
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Relative rarity
1/10 · Very common
How we calculate it
The score starts from the mintage on a logarithmic scale (500 coins or fewer = 10, ten million = 1). Coins of the Principality and the Kingdom that circulated get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952. Modern commemorative coins lose a point, since almost all of them survive in collections. Finally we look at how often the coin is offered on Balkan Auction: frequent offers lower the score.
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Obverse
The obverse features the value ‘1 ЛЕВ’ (1 lev) in the centre, flanked by ears of wheat, within the circumscription ‘НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (People’s Republic of Bulgaria) and the year of minting ‘1969’, separated by two five-pointed stars.
Reverse
The reverse features a fragment of the Brotherly Mound Monument in Sofia, with the dates ‘9.IX.1944’ on the left and ‘9.IX.1969’ on the right. The design is surrounded by the words ‘25 ГОДИНИ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКА РЕВОЛЮЦИЯ’ (25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution).
Edge & packaging
Serrated edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
About this coin
25 Years Since the Socialist Revolution in Bulgaria
A 1 lev base metal coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 1969. 3,700,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Valentin Starchev and Krum Damianov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
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