The Holy Tsar Boris I the Baptist

Specifications

Metal

Gold 999/1000

Weight

1.55 g

Fine gold content

1.55 g (0.0498 oz t)

Diameter

13.92 mm

Quality

Proof

Official mintage

8,000

Year of issue

2008

Series

Bulgarian Iconography

Designer

Krassimir Angelov, Borislav Kyossev and Razvigor Kolev

Minted by

Sofia, Bulgaria

Catalogue no.

BC-2008-17

Issue price

100.00 лв

≈ €51.13 · BNB, 2008

Market value (asking prices)

€400.00

median asking price of 3 listings, €200.00 – €420.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026

Melt value

€184.50

Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026

Market prices – asking prices

Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026

Ungraded coins

€200.00 – €420.00

median asking price €400.00 · 3 listings

Graded (PCGS, NGC…)

€536.86

median asking price €536.86 · 1 listing

Sample listings

• 20 лева, PR68DKAM, PCGS, 2008, Злато, Чети описанието.€536.86
• Златна Юбилейна Монета 20 лева 2008 - Борис I Покръстител€420.00
• 2008 г. 20 лева Цар Борис I. Сертификат.€400.00
• сертификати и брошури за 20 лева 2008 г. Цар Борис I€200.00

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, 2008)

€51.13

Asking price now (median)

€400.00

Change in value

€348.87

Total return

+682%

Compounded yearly return

+11.9%a year, over 18.3 years

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Number of coins or amount invested at issue (€)

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

Very commonExtremely 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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.