- Silver .925
- Low mintage
100 Years of Bulgarian Aircraft Manufacture
2015 · 10 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 925/1000
- Weight
- 23.33 g
- Fine silver content
- 21.58 g (0.6938 oz t)
- Diameter
- 38.61 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 3,000
- Announced by BNB
- Series
- Individual issue
- Designer
- Stefan Ivanov
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2015-02
- Issue price
- 66.00 лв
- ≈ €33.75 · BNB, 2015
- Market value (asking prices)
- —
- no verified data yet
- Melt value
- €35.18
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 features the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip; ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank), the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs), and the year of issue ‘2015’ inscribed in circumference.
Reverse
The reverse features an image of the first Bulgarian powered aeroplane – biplane, designed by Assen Jordanoff; the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКО САМОЛЕТОСТРОЕНЕ’ (Bulgarian Aircraft Manufacture) and ‘100 ГОДИНИ’ (100 Years) in circumference.
Edge & packaging
Flat 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
The story behind the coin
100 Years of Bulgarian Aircraft Manufacture
The reverse depicts the first Bulgarian powered aeroplane, a biplane designed by Assen Jordanoff, marking a century of aircraft manufacture in Bulgaria.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB press release · BNB register and prices
