- Silver .925
- Low mintage
150 Years since the First Railroad in Bulgaria: Ruse – Varna
2016 · 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
- Todor Todorov
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2016-03
- Issue price
- 66.00 лв
- ≈ €33.75 · BNB, 2016
- 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 and the year ‘1879’ on the strip; the inscriptions ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) and the year of issue ‘2016’ in circumference, and the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs) between them.
Reverse
The reverse features an image of a railway station and a train composition; the text ‘150 ГОДИНИ’ (150 Years), ‘ПЪРВА ЖЕЛЕЗОПЪТНА ЛИНИЯ В БЪЛГАРИЯ’ (the First Railroad in Bulgaria) and ‘РУСЕ – ВАРНА’ (Ruse – Varna) inscribed on two lines 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
150 Years since the First Railroad in Bulgaria: Ruse – Varna
The Ruse–Varna line, opened in 1866, was the first railway on Bulgarian territory. The reverse of this coin shows a railway station and a train; the obverse carries the BNB logo and the nominal value.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB press release · BNB register and prices
