- Gold .999
- Low mintage
Golden Bulgarian Lev
2002 · 1 lev · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Gold 999/1000
- Weight
- 15.55 g
- Fine gold content
- 15.53 g (0.4994 oz t)
- Diameter
- 24.5 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 2,000
- Year of issue
- 2002
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Petar Stoykov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2002-04
- Issue price
- 500.00 лв
- ≈ €255.65 · BNB, 2002
- Market value (asking prices)
- —
- no verified data yet
- Melt value
- €1,850.97
- Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026
Relative rarity
8/10 · Rare
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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
Centred on the obverse of the coin there is the nominal value – the figure ‘1’ with the inscription ‘ЛЕВ’ (LEV) below and the year of issue ‘2002’ to the right of it, and twelve five-pointed stars in circumference. The outer ring is divided at an angle into eleven equal sections.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features St. Ivan Rilski with a cross in his right hand and a scroll in his left one. In circumference, there are inscriptions: above – ‘СВ. ИВАН РИЛСКИ’ (ST. IVAN RILSKI), and below – ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK). The outer ring is divided at an angle into eleven equal sections.
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
Golden Bulgarian Lev
A 1 lev gold coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2002. 2,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Petar Stoykov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices
