- Gold .999
Tetraevangelia of Tzar Ivan Alexander
1998 · 20,000 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Gold 999/1000
- Weight
- 1.55 g
- Fine gold content
- 1.55 g (0.0498 oz t)
- Diameter
- 13.92 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 30,000
- Year of issue
- 1998
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Ekaterina Dimitrova and Bogomil Nikolov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-1998-04
- Issue price
- 44,553.00 лв
- pre-1999 lev · BNB, 1998
- Market value (asking prices)
- —
- no verified data yet
- Melt value
- €184.50
- Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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
The obverse features a stylised image of a lion. In circumference: ‘РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (Republic of Bulgaria), the number ‘20 000’, the word ‘ЛЕВА’ (levs) and the year of issue ‘1998’.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin depicts Tzar Ivan Alexander with the royal family as in a coloured miniature from the London Tetraevangelia.
Edge & packaging
Flat 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
Tetraevangelia of Tzar Ivan Alexander
A 20,000 leva gold coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 1998. 30,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Ekaterina Dimitrova and Bogomil Nikolov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices
