- Gold .999
- Low mintage
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St Ivan of Rila
2026 · 100 euro · Bulgarian National Bank
Specifications
- Metal
- Gold 999/1000
- Weight
- 8.64 g
- Fine gold content
- 8.63 g (0.2775 oz t)
- Diameter
- 24 mm
- Quality
- Proof, mint state
- Official mintage
- 3,000
- Release date
- Series
- Bulgarian Iconography
- Designer
- Simeon Tsintsarski
- Minted by
- Bulgarian Mint
- Catalogue no.
- BC-2026-05
- Issue price
- €1,508.00
- ≈ 2,949.39 лв · BNB, 2026
- Market value (asking prices)
- €1,750.00
- 1 listing (asking price) · Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Melt value
- €1,028.45
- Au spot €3,706.07/oz · Oct 2026
Limited to one coin per buyer
Market prices – asking prices
Asking prices on Balkan Auction, 19 Oct 2026
- Ungraded coins
- €1,750.00
- median asking price €1,750.00 · 1 listing
Sample listings
- 2026 100 евро Св. Иван Рилски-злато€1,750.00
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, 2026)
- €1,508.00
- Asking price now (median)
- €1,750.00
- Change in value
- €242.00
- Total return
- +16%
- 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get extra points, because much of that silver and gold was melted down and many coins were lost in the wars and withdrawn in 1952.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: the BNB logo in the centre with the year ‘1879’ on the strip; beneath, the nominal value ‘100 ЕВРО’ (100 euro) and the year of issue ‘2026’.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin features: an image of St Ivan of Rila; along the upper edge of the coin, the inscription ‘СВ. ИВАН РИЛСКИ’ (St Ivan of Rila).
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
St Ivan of Rila
The BNB’s first gold coin in euro and its fifth and last collector issue of 2026. St Ivan of Rila, the 10th-century hermit who founded the Rila Monastery, is Bulgaria’s patron saint; the reverse carries his image with the inscription ‘СВ. ИВАН РИЛСКИ’.
Sources: BNB coin page · BNB press release · BNB register and prices · market listing 1
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