- Silver .925
Theodor Stratilat
1993 · 500 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 925/1000
- Weight
- 33.63 g
- Fine silver content
- 31.11 g (1.0001 oz t)
- Diameter
- 38.61 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 55,000
- Year of issue
- 1993
- Designer
- Ivan Todorov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-1993-06
- Issue price
- 1,324.00 лв
- pre-1999 lev · BNB, 1993
- Market value (asking prices)
- €155.50
- median asking price of 2 listings, €81.00 – €230.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €50.71
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €81.00 – €230.00
- median asking price €155.50 · 2 listings
- Graded (PCGS, NGC…)
- €144.00 – €240.00
- median asking price €180.00 · 4 listings
Sample listings
- България 500 лева 1993 Св. Теодор Стратилат NGC PF 69€144.00 · 26 bids
- 500 лева 1993 Република България€81.00 · 7 bids
- 500 лева 1993 г. Теодор Стратилат NGC PF 68€160.00
- 500 лева 1993 г. Теодор Стратилат NGC PF 69€240.00
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
5/10 · Scarce
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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
On the obverse there is a stylised representation of the famous ceramic icon of St. Theodor Stratilat from Patleina near Preslav, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Next to it, on two lines, are the nominal value number ‘500’ and the word ‘ЛЕВА’ (levs).
Reverse
The reverse of the coin depicts three interlaced letters ‘ECU’, with the year of issue ‘1993’ inside the letter ‘C’, all encircled by twelve five-pointed stars. In the outer ring, there are in circumference: ‘РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (Republic of Bulgaria) (above) and ‘REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA’ (below).
Edge & packaging
Serrated edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
Image: The Bulgarian National Bank building, Sofia · Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About this coin
Theodor Stratilat
A 500 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 1993, part of the Bulgaria and the European Union series. 55,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Ivan Todorov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
