140 Years Bulgarian Exarchate

Name: 140 Years Bulgarian Exarchate (10 leva, 2010)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-2010-01

2010 · 10 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

140 Years Bulgarian Exarchate (2010), obverse — Obverse · Photo: BulgarianCoins.com archive

Specifications

Metal: Silver 925/1000, partially gold-plated
Weight: 20 g
Fine silver content: 18.50 g (0.5948 oz t)
Diameter: 40 mm
Quality: Proof
Official mintage: 6,000
Year of issue: 2010
Series: Individual issue
Designer: Vanya Dimitrova
Minted by: Sofia, Bulgaria
Catalogue no.: BC-2010-01

Issue price: 60.00 лв; ≈ €30.68 · BNB, 2010
Market value (asking prices): €164.94; median asking price of 2 listings, €129.89 – €200.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
Melt value: €30.16; Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026

Market prices – asking prices

Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026

Ungraded coins: €129.89 – €200.00; median asking price €164.94 · 2 listings

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What if you had bought it at issue?

Issue price (BNB, 2010): €30.68
Asking price now (median): €164.94
Change in value: €134.26
Total return: +438%
Compounded yearly return: +10.9%a year, over 16.3 years

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Relative rarity

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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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 BNB logo and the year ‘1879’ on the strip, a floral motif beneath the logo, the nominal value ‘10‘ beneath the motif; the inscriptions ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА‘ (Bulgarian National Bank), ‘ЛЕВА’ (levs) and ‘2010’ on the outer ring.

Reverse

The reverse of the coin features a replica of the lithography ‘Monument of Liberation of the Bulgarian Church’ by Nikolai Pavlovich; the inscriptions ‘140 ГОДИНИ’ (140 years) and ‘БЪЛГАРСКА ЕКЗАРХИЯ’ (Bulgarian Exarchate) on the outer ring, with two small cross-stitches between them.