- Gold .999
Weightlifting
2002 · 5 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Gold 999/1000
- Weight
- 1.24 g
- Fine gold content
- 1.24 g (0.0398 oz t)
- Diameter
- 13.92 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 12,000
- Year of issue
- 2002
- Designer
- Elena Todorova and Ivan Todorov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2002-11
- Issue price
- 99.00 лв
- ≈ €50.62 · BNB, 2002
- Market value (asking prices)
- —
- no verified data yet
- Melt value
- €147.60
- Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 ‘5’ of the nominal value and the wording ‘ЛЕВА’ (LEVS) and ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK), and the year of issue ‘2002’ written in circumference.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features a weightlifting athlete against the background of a statue of Heracles, with the inscription ‘1896 • АТИНА • 2004’ (1896 • ATHENS • 2004) in circumference.
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
Image: The Olympic flame at the opening of the 2004 Athens Games · Alterego, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About this coin
Weightlifting
A 5 leva gold coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2002, part of the XXVIII Summer Olympic Games, Athens (Greece), 2004 series. 12,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Elena Todorova and Ivan Todorov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices
