175 Years since the Birth of Ivan Vazov

Name: 175 Years since the Birth of Ivan Vazov (10 leva, 2025)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-2025-07

2025 · 10 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

175 Years since the Birth of Ivan Vazov (2025), 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: 4,000
Year of issue: 2025
Series: Bulgarian Revival
Designer: Svetlin Balezdrov
Minted by: Bulgarian Mint
Catalogue no.: BC-2025-07

Issue price: 168.00 лв; ≈ €85.90 · BNB, 2025
Market value (asking prices): €405.00; median asking price of 5 listings, €198.89 – €550.00 · 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: €198.89 – €550.00; median asking price €405.00 · 5 listings
Graded (PCGS, NGC…): €210.00; median asking price €210.00 · 1 listing

Sample listings

10 лева 2025 Иван Вазов€550.00
10 лева 2025 г. Иван Вазов PF 70 RD ULTRA CAMEO€438.00
10 лева 2025 г. PR70 top! Иван Вазов€405.00
10 лева 2025 година Иван Вазов PF69€220.00

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, 2025): €85.90
Asking price now (median): €405.00
Change in value: €319.10
Total return: +371%
Compounded yearly return: —issued less than two years ago

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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

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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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: in the centre – the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip; a stylised open book underneath. In circumference: the inscriptions ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank), the year of issue ‘2025’ and the nominal value ‘10 ЛЕВА’ (10 levs).

Reverse

The reverse of the coin features: a portrait of Ivan Vazov; in circumference, an inscription ‘175 ГОДИНИ ОТ РОЖДЕНИЕТО НА ИВАН ВАЗОВ’ (175 years since the birth of Ivan Vazov), lyre-shaped laurel wreath with a book.

Edge & packaging

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

Image: Ivan Vazov · Rundevuk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About this coin

175 Years since the Birth of Ivan Vazov

A 10 leva silver coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2025, part of the Bulgarian Revival series. 4,000 pieces were minted by the Bulgarian Mint, to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov.

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