- Copper .900
100 Years Since the April Uprising, 1876
1976 · 1 lev · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Copper 900/1000
- Weight
- 8 g
- Diameter
- 27 mm
- Quality
- Proof
- Official mintage
- 300,000
- Year of issue
- 1976
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Stefan Nenov and Georgi Chapkanov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-1976-01
- Issue price
- 1.00 лв
- pre-1999 lev · BNB, 1976
- Market value (asking prices)
- €25.28
- median asking price of 4 listings, €11.00 – €30.00 · 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
- €11.00 – €30.00
- median asking price €25.28 · 4 listings
- Graded (PCGS, NGC…)
- €300.00 – €470.00
- median asking price €300.00 · 4 listings
Sample listings
Asking prices of active listings (fixed price, starting price or current highest bid) in the public coin category of Balkan Auction. These are asking prices, not completed sales. Lots, sets, replicas, error varieties and precious-metal prices below the metal value are excluded. BulgarianCoins does not buy, sell or value coins.
Relative rarity
3/10 · 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 of the coin features a full-height rampant lion at the top and below it horizontally the year of issue ‘1976’, the nominal value ‘1’ and the word ‘ЛЕВ’ (LEV). The composition is completed with a circumferential border and in the outer ring there are the inscriptions ‘НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА’ (PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC) and ‘БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (BULGARIA) separated by two five-pointed stars.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin depicts crossed dagger and pistol, with the inscription ‘СВОБОДА ИЛИ СМЪРТ’ (FREEDOM OR DEATH) in two lines above them, and the monograms of the authors of the design ‘СН’ и ‘ГЧ’, and the year ‘1876’ in small print below them. The composition is completed with a circumferential border, and in the outer ring the inscriptions ‘АПРИЛСКО ВЪСТАНИЕ’ (APRIL UPRISING) and ‘СТО ГОДИНИ’ (ONE HUNDRED YEARS), separated by two dots.
Edge & packaging
Embossed text ‘БУНТ • БУНТ • НА ОРЪЖИЕ’ (Rebel Ye • and Take up Arms) edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
Image: Bulgarian rebels of the April Uprising, 1876 · V. Antonoff, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
About this coin
100 Years Since the April Uprising, 1876
A 1 lev copper coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 1976. 300,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Stefan Nenov and Georgi Chapkanov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
