- Silver .925
- Low mintage
- Partially gold-plated
St Kliment Ohridski
2016 · 10 leva · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Silver 925/1000, partially gold-plated
- 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
- Elena Todorova and Todor Todorov
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2016-04
- Issue price
- 66.00 лв
- ≈ €33.75 · BNB, 2016
- Market value (asking prices)
- €250.00
- median asking price of 3 listings, €200.00 – €365.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €35.18
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €200.00 – €365.00
- median asking price €250.00 · 3 listings
Sample listings
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, 2016)
- €33.75
- Asking price now (median)
- €250.00
- Change in value
- €216.25
- Total return
- +641%
- Compounded yearly return
- +22.3%a year, over 9.9 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 features a stylised image of a church in the upper gold-plated part of the coin; underneath it, the year of issue ‘2016’ and the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs); in circumference, the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank); at the bottom, the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features a canonical image of ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ and the inscription ‘СВ. КЛИМЕНТ ОХРИДСКИ’ (St. Kliment Ohridski).
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
The story behind the coin
St Kliment Ohridski
St Kliment Ohridski, a disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius, died in 916; the coin was issued 1,100 years later. The obverse shows a stylised church in a gold-plated upper section; the reverse carries a canonical image of the saint.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB press release · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
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