Tsar Kaloyan: a gilded silver coin in the Medieval Bulgarian Rulers series
Tsar Kaloyan: mintage 5,000, issue price 114 leva. On sale from 5 December 2022.
On 2 December 2022 the BNB announced a new coin: Tsar Kaloyan. It is on sale from 5 December 2022.
Tsar Kaloyan ruled from 1197 to 1207. In 1205 he defeated the Latins at Adrianople and captured Emperor Baldwin I. The 5,000 mintage is higher than earlier coins in the series.
The coin has a face value of 10 levs and is struck in Ag 925/1000, weighing 23.33 g with a diameter of 38.61 mm. Quality: proof, mint state; mintage: 5,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov.
Reverse: an image of Tsar Kaloyan with a stylised sceptre in the centre within a pitted ring; the inscriptions ‘СРЕДНОВЕКОВНИ БЪЛГАРСКИ ВЛАДЕТЕЛИ’ (Medieval Bulgarian Rulers) in circumference on the top and ‘ЦАР КАЛОЯН’ (Tsar Kaloyan) on the bottom.
The issue price is 114 leva. The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia and at branches of DSK Bank, KBC Bank Bulgaria, First Investment Bank, Texim Bank and Central Cooperative Bank. Each customer may buy only one coin at the BNB cash desks. Buying for someone else requires a notarised power of attorney, and coins are not sold to anyone under 18.
Full details are in the BulgarianCoins catalogue below; the official announcement is on the BNB website.
Sources: BNB press release · BNB press release (English)
