Virgin Mary – Golden Apple

Name: Virgin Mary – Golden Apple (20 leva, 2025)
Brand: Bulgarian National Bank
SKU: BC-2025-02

2025 · 20 leva · Bulgarian National Bank

Virgin Mary – Golden Apple (2025), obverse — Obverse · Official image: Bulgarian National Bank

Specifications

Metal: Gold 999/1000
Weight: 15.55 g
Fine gold content: 15.53 g (0.4994 oz t)
Diameter: 24.5 mm
Quality: Proof, mint state
Official mintage: 250
Year of issue: 2025
Series: Individual issue
Designer: a team of the Bulgarian Mint
Minted by: Bulgarian Mint
Catalogue no.: BC-2025-02

Issue price: 3,311.00 лв; ≈ €1,692.89 · BNB, 2025
Market value (asking prices): —; no verified data yet
Melt value: €1,850.97; Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026

Relative rarity

10/10 · Extremely rare

Very commonExtremely 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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: the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip, ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank) inscribed in a semicircle on the top, and the year of issue ‘2025’ and the nominal value ‘20 ЛЕВА’ (20 levs) on the bottom.

Reverse

The reverse of the coin features: an image of the Virgin Mary – Golden Apple icon and on its both sides the inscriptions ‘СВ. БОГОРОДИЦА’ (Virgin Mary) and ‘ЗЛАТНА ЯБЪЛКА’ (Golden Apple).

Edge & packaging

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

Image: The Bulgarian National Bank building, Sofia · Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About this coin

Virgin Mary – Golden Apple

A 20 leva gold coin issued by the Bulgarian National Bank in 2025. 250 pieces were minted by the Bulgarian Mint, to a design by a team of the Bulgarian Mint.

Sources: BNB coin page · BNB register and prices