- Silver .925
The World Football Cup, Germany, 2006
2003 · 5 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 925/1000
- Weight
- 28.28 g
- Fine silver content
- 26.16 g (0.8410 oz t)
- Diameter
- 38.61 mm
- Quality
- Proof
- Official mintage
- 50,000
- Year of issue
- 2003
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Elena Todorova and Ivan Todorov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2003-03
- Issue price
- 32.00 лв
- ≈ €16.36 · BNB, 2003
- Market value (asking prices)
- €105.01
- 1 listing (asking price) · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026 · graded coins
- Melt value
- €42.64
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Graded (PCGS, NGC…)
- €105.01
- median asking price €105.01 · 1 listing
Sample listings
- България 5 лева 2003 Световно по футбол NGC PF 69€105.01 · 14 bids
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What if you had bought it at issue?
- Issue price (BNB, 2003)
- €16.36
- Asking price now (median)
- €105.01
- Change in value
- €88.65
- Total return
- +542%
- Compounded yearly return
- +8.3%a year, over 23.3 years
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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. Only graded coins were on offer, so the figure may overstate a raw coin.
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 of the coin bearing the nominal value are the logo of the BNB and the text ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK), the figure ‘5’, the word ‘ЛЕВА’ (LEVS), as well as the year of issue ‘2003’.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features the world cup, the logo of the games, the Bulgarian text ‘СВЕТОВНО ПЪРВЕНСТВО ПО ФУТБОЛ’ • 2006’ and the English text ‘2006 FIFA WORLD CUP GERMANY’.
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
The World Football Cup, Germany, 2006
A 5 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2003. 50,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Elena Todorova and Ivan Todorov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
