- Silver .925
Bulgarian Higher Education
2001 · 10 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 925/1000
- Weight
- 23.33 g
- Fine silver content
- 21.58 g (0.6938 oz t)
- Diameter
- 38.61 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 10,000
- Year of issue
- 2001
- Designer
- Georgi Lipovanski
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2001-01
- Issue price
- 31.20 лв
- ≈ €15.95 · BNB, 2001
- Market value (asking prices)
- €255.00
- 1 listing (asking price) · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €35.18
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €255.00
- median asking price €255.00 · 1 listing
- Graded (PCGS, NGC…)
- €120.00 – €220.00
- median asking price €155.00 · 5 listings
Sample listings
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What if you had bought it at issue?
- Issue price (BNB, 2001)
- €15.95
- Asking price now (median)
- €255.00
- Change in value
- €239.05
- Total return
- +1499%
- Compounded yearly return
- +11.6%a year, over 25.3 years
Quick calculator
Indicative only: the current price is the median of asking prices on Balkan Auction on 19 Oct 2026, not a sale price; fees, taxes and condition are not included.
Relative rarity
6/10 · 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 of the coin features the BNB logo in the centre, with the figure ‘10’, the wording ‘ЛЕВА’ (LEVS), and ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK), and the year of issue – ‘2001’ written in circumference.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features a student in a toga with a scroll in one hand against the background of the Sofia University ‘St. Climent Ohridski’. On the lower part of the toga there is a sunken inscription ‘EURO’ with the text ‘NON SCHOLAE, SED VITAE DISCIMUS’ (We learn not for school but for life).
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
Image: The Rectorate of Sofia University · Todor Bozhinov / Тодор Божинов, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About this coin
Bulgarian Higher Education
A 10 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2001, part of the Bulgaria and the European Union series. 10,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Georgi Lipovanski.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
