- Silver .500
- Coloured
Pottery
2009 · 5 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 500/1000, with some colouring
- Weight
- 23.33 g
- Fine silver content
- 11.66 g (0.3750 oz t)
- Diameter
- 38.61 mm
- Quality
- Proof
- Official mintage
- 6,000
- Year of issue
- 2009
- Series
- Bulgarian Crafts
- Designer
- Elena Todorova and Todor Todorov
- Minted by
- Sofia, Bulgaria
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2009-03
- Issue price
- 38.00 лв
- ≈ €19.43 · BNB, 2009
- Market value (asking prices)
- €220.00
- 1 listing (asking price) · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €19.01
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €220.00
- median asking price €220.00 · 1 listing
Sample listings
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What if you had bought it at issue?
- Issue price (BNB, 2009)
- €19.43
- Asking price now (median)
- €220.00
- Change in value
- €200.57
- Total return
- +1032%
- Compounded yearly return
- +15.1%a year, over 17.3 years
Quick calculator
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
7/10 · 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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
The obverse of the coin depicts the logo of the Bulgarian National Bank, with the year ‘1879’ inscribed on the ribbon. In circumference there go ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK), the face value ‘5 ЛЕВА’ (5 BGN), and the year of issue ‘2009’.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features some pottery united by a frieze decorated with ornaments typical of the Bulgarian pottery with some colouring on them. In circumference there are the inscriptions ‘ТРАДИЦИОННИ БЪЛГАРСКИ ЗАНАЯТИ’ (TRADITIONAL BULGARIAN CRAFTS) and ‘ГРЪНЧАРСТВО’ (POTTERY).
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
About this coin
Pottery
A 5 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2009, part of the Bulgarian Crafts series. 6,000 pieces were minted in Sofia, Bulgaria, to a design by Elena Todorova and Todor Todorov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
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