Palm Sunday

Name: Palm Sunday (5 leva, 2004)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-2004-01

2004 · 5 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

Palm Sunday (2004), reverse — Reverse · Photo: BulgarianCoins.com archive

Specifications

Metal: Copper-nickel alloy, coloured
Weight: 15 g
Diameter: 34.2 mm
Quality: Proof
Official mintage: 10,000
Year of issue: 2004
Series: Individual issue
Designer: Bogomil Nikolov and Ekaterina Dimitrova
Minted by: Sofia, Bulgaria
Catalogue no.: BC-2004-01

Issue price: 15.00 лв; ≈ €7.67 · BNB, 2004
Market value (asking prices): €370.00; median asking price of 3 listings, €204.00 – €470.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
Melt value: —; base metal, not tracked

Market prices – asking prices

Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026

Ungraded coins: €204.00 – €470.00; median asking price €370.00 · 3 listings

Sample listings

5 Лева 2004 PR68DCАM - Цветница ТОП МОНЕТА€470.00
5 Лева 2004 PR67DCАM - Цветница€370.00
5 лева 2004 година Цветница€204.00

Asking prices of active listings (fixed price, starting price or current highest bid) in the public coin category of Balkan Auction. These are asking prices, not completed sales. Lots, sets, replicas, error varieties and precious-metal prices below the metal value are excluded. BulgarianCoins does not buy, sell or value coins.

What if you had bought it at issue?

Issue price (BNB, 2004): €7.67
Asking price now (median): €370.00
Change in value: €362.33
Total return: +4724%
Compounded yearly return: +19.0%a year, over 22.3 years

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Relative rarity

6/10 · Scarce

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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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 logo of the Bulgarian National Bank with the years ‘1879’ and ‘2004’ inscribed on the ribbon. Written in circumference is the nominal value of the coin ‘5 ЛЕВА’ (5 BGN), the year of issue ‘2004’ and the text ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK).

Reverse

The reverse of the coin features colored flowers in a square pattern with a vertical willow twig crossing the word ‘ЦВЕТНИЦА’ (Palm Sunday) as a symbol of the Christian cross.

Edge & packaging

Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.

Image: Pietro Lorenzetti, Entry into Jerusalem, fresco in Assisi · Pietro Lorenzetti, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

About this coin

Palm Sunday

A 5 leva base metal coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2004. 10,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Bogomil Nikolov and Ekaterina Dimitrova.

Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1