- Silver .500
110 Years Since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule
1988 · 20 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 500/1000
- Weight
- 11.2 g
- Fine silver content
- 5.60 g (0.1800 oz t)
- Diameter
- 30 mm
- Quality
- Proof
- Official mintage
- 100,000
- Year of issue
- 1988
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Bogomil Nikolov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-1988-04
- Issue price
- 20.00 лв
- pre-1999 lev · BNB, 1988
- Market value (asking prices)
- €44.95
- 1 listing (asking price) · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €9.13
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €44.95
- median asking price €44.95 · 1 listing
Sample listings
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Relative rarity
4/10 · 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 features the Shipka peak monument, and the nominal value ‘20 ЛЕВА’ (20 levs) below. The letters ‘НРБ’ (PRB) stand horizontally on the left, and the year of minting ‘1988’ is on the right. The design is framed by a laurel wreath.
Reverse
The reverse depicts Bulgarian military volunteers, Russian soldiers, and a female figure symbolising Victory, with the year ‘1878’ below. The entire design is within the circumscription ‘110 ГОДИНИ ОТ ОСВОБОЖДЕНИЕТО НА БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОСМАНСКО ИГО’ (110 Years Since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule).
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
Image: The Manifesto of Bulgarian Independence, 1908 · Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
About this coin
110 Years Since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule
A 20 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 1988. 100,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Bogomil Nikolov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
