St. Stephen the Protomartyr

Name: St. Stephen the Protomartyr (100 leva, 2018)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-2018-05

2018 · 100 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

St. Stephen the Protomartyr (2018), obverse — Obverse · Official image: Bulgarian National Bank

Specifications

Metal: Gold 999/1000
Weight: 8.64 g
Fine gold content: 8.63 g (0.2775 oz t)
Diameter: 24 mm
Quality: Proof, mint state
Official mintage: 2,000
Year of issue: 2018
Series: Bulgarian Iconography
Designer: Plamen Chernev
Minted by: Bulgarian Mint
Catalogue no.: BC-2018-05

Issue price: 890.00 лв; ≈ €455.05 · BNB, 2018
Market value (asking prices): €2,209.50; median asking price of 2 listings, €1,920.00 – €2,499.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
Melt value: €1,028.45; Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026

Market prices – asking prices

Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026

Ungraded coins: €1,920.00 – €2,499.00; median asking price €2,209.50 · 2 listings
Graded (PCGS, NGC…): €1,850.00; median asking price €1,850.00 · 1 listing

Sample listings

100 лева 2018 Св.Стефан€2,499.00
100 лева 2018 Свети Стефан€1,920.00
100 лева ЗЛАТО 2018, NGC 69, Св.Стефан€1,850.00

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, 2018): €455.05
Asking price now (median): €2,209.50
Change in value: €1,754.45
Total return: +386%
Compounded yearly return: +21.0%a year, over 8.3 years

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Number of coins or amount invested at issue (€)

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

8/10 · Rare

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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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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; ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank), the nominal value ‘100 ЛЕВА’ (100 levs) and the year of issue ‘2018’ inscribed in circumference.

Reverse

The reverse of the coin features a canonical image of St. Stephen and ‘СВ. ПМЧК СТЕФАН’ (St. Stephen the Protomartyr) inscribed around it.

Edge & packaging

Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.

Image: Carlo Crivelli, Saint Stephen · Carlo Crivelli, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

About this coin

St. Stephen the Protomartyr

A 100 leva gold coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2018, part of the Bulgarian Iconography series. 2,000 pieces were minted by the Bulgarian Mint, to a design by Plamen Chernev.

Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1