- Silver .999
- Low mintage
The Bulgarian Bagpipe
2024 · 10 leva · 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
- 4,000
- Year of issue
- 2024
- Designer
- Svetlin Balezdrov and Stoyan Dechev
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2024-09
- Issue price
- 156.00 лв
- ≈ €79.76 · BNB, 2024
- Market value (asking prices)
- €480.00
- 1 listing (asking price) · 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
- €480.00
- median asking price €480.00 · 1 listing
- Graded (PCGS, NGC…)
- €388.00
- median asking price €388.00 · 1 listing
Sample listings
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What if you had bought it at issue?
- Issue price (BNB, 2024)
- €79.76
- Asking price now (median)
- €480.00
- Change in value
- €400.24
- Total return
- +502%
- Compounded yearly return
- +118.2%a year, over 2.3 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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: in the centre – the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip; underneath – the year of issue ‘2024’ and the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs). The text ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) inscribed in circumference on the top, and a stylised ornament on the bottom.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features: a stylised depiction of two pipers – a man and a child in national costumes. A stylised ornament and the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКАТА ГАЙДА’ (The Bulgarian bagpipe) in circumference on the top.
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
Image: Kukeri in Razlog · Original uploader was Ivaneskoto at bg.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
About this coin
The Bulgarian Bagpipe
A 10 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2024, part of the Bulgarian Customs and Traditions series. 4,000 pieces were minted by the Bulgarian Mint, to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov and Stoyan Dechev.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
