200 Years since the Birth of G. S. Rakovski

Name: 200 Years since the Birth of G. S. Rakovski (10 leva, 2021)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-2021-01

2021 · 10 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

200 Years since the Birth of G. S. Rakovski (2021), obverse — Obverse · Official image: Bulgarian National Bank

Specifications

Metal: Silver 999/1000
Weight: 23.33 g
Fine silver content: 23.31 g (0.7493 oz t)
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Quality: Proof, mint state
Official mintage: 3,000
Year of issue: 2021
Series: Bulgarian Revival
Designer: Plamen Chernev and Preslav Chernev
Minted by: Bulgarian Mint
Catalogue no.: BC-2021-01

Issue price: 102.00 лв; ≈ €52.15 · BNB, 2021
Market value (asking prices): €214.50; median asking price of 6 listings, €200.00 – €270.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
Melt value: €37.99; Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026

Market prices – asking prices

Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026

Ungraded coins: €200.00 – €270.00; median asking price €214.50 · 6 listings

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What if you had bought it at issue?

Issue price (BNB, 2021): €52.15
Asking price now (median): €214.50
Change in value: €162.35
Total return: +311%
Compounded yearly return: +30.6%a year, over 5.3 years

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Relative rarity

7/10 · 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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; at the top in semicircle the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) and below the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs) and the year of issue ‘2021’.

Reverse

The reverse of the coin features an image of G. S. Rakovski; on the left the inscription ‘200 ГОДИНИ’ (200 Years) and at the top in semicircle ‘ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ГЕОРГИ С. РАКОВСКИ’ (since the Birth of Georgi S. Rakovski).

Edge & packaging

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

Image: The first page of Paisius of Hilendar’s Slavonic-Bulgarian History · I. Stankov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About this coin

200 Years since the Birth of G. S. Rakovski

A 10 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2021, part of the Bulgarian Revival series. 3,000 pieces were minted by the Bulgarian Mint, to a design by Plamen Chernev and Preslav Chernev.

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