- Silver .999
- Low mintage
Preobrazhenski (Transfiguration) Monastery
2026 · 10 euro · 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
- 5,000
- Release date
- Designer
- Svetlin Balezdrov
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2026-04
- Issue price
- €132.00
- 258.17 лв · BNB, 2026
- Market value (asking prices)
- €196.95
- median asking price of 8 listings, €195.00 – €210.00 · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €37.99
- Ag spot €50.70/oz · Oct 2026
Not available at BNB counters (1 Oct 2026)
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €195.00 – €210.00
- median asking price €196.95 · 8 listings
Sample listings
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What if you had bought it at issue?
- Issue price (BNB, 2026)
- €132.00
- Asking price now (median)
- €196.95
- Change in value
- €64.95
- Total return
- +49%
- Compounded yearly return
- —issued less than two years ago
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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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: on the left, a stylised image of Zahariy Zograf’s mural ‘The Wheel of Life’, located in The Transfiguration Monastery; in circumference on the right, the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА’ (Bulgarian National Bank), a pitted circle, the year of issue ‘2026’, the BNB logo with the year ‘1879’ on the strip and the nominal value ‘10 ЕВРО’ (10 euro), arranged vertically.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features: The Transfiguration Monastery in the centre; on the left, an ornamented cross; in circumference, the inscription ‘ПРЕОБРАЖЕНСКИ • МАНАСТИР’ (The Transfiguration Monastery) and a pitted circle.
Edge & packaging
Flat edge. Issued in a protective capsule with an information leaflet. The BNB advises keeping the capsule closed.
The story behind the coin
Preobrazhenski (Transfiguration) Monastery
The first coin of the Bulgarian Churches and Monasteries series in euro. The obverse shows a stylised version of Zahari Zograf’s mural ‘The Wheel of Life’ at the monastery; the reverse shows the monastery with an ornamented cross.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB press release · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
