- Silver .925
- Low mintage
- Partially gold-plated
Tsar Kaloyan
2022 · 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
- 5,000
- Year of issue
- 2022
- Designer
- Svetlin Balezdrov
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2022-05
- Issue price
- 114.00 лв
- ≈ €58.29 · BNB, 2022
- Market value (asking prices)
- €500.00
- median asking price of 2 listings, €430.00 – €570.00 · 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
- €430.00 – €570.00
- median asking price €500.00 · 2 listings
- Graded (PCGS, NGC…)
- €280.00 – €339.00
- median asking price €309.50 · 2 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, 2022)
- €58.29
- Asking price now (median)
- €500.00
- Change in value
- €441.71
- Total return
- +758%
- Compounded yearly return
- +64.8%a year, over 4.3 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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 gold-plated medallion etched with a leaden seal with the name of Tsar Kaloyan in the centre; on the top: the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip inscribed underneath; the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs) and the year of issue ‘2022’ sideways and under it in an inner circle within a pitted ring; ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) inscribed in circumference.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features: an image of Tsar Kaloyan with a stylised sceptre in the centre within a pitted ring; the inscriptions ‘СРЕДНОВЕКОВНИ БЪЛГАРСКИ ВЛАДЕТЕЛИ’ (Medieval Bulgarian Rulers) in circumference on the top and ‘ЦАР КАЛОЯН’ (Tsar Kaloyan) on the bottom.
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
About this coin
Tsar Kaloyan
A 10 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2022, part of the Medieval Bulgarian Rulers series. 5,000 pieces were minted by the Bulgarian Mint, to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
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