A century of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee: a 10-leva silver coin
A century of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee: mintage 5,000, issue price 132 leva. On sale from 20 March 2023.
On 17 March 2023 the BNB announced a new coin: A century of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee. It is on sale from 20 March 2023.
The Bulgarian Olympic Committee was founded in 1923. The coin marks its centenary and stands alongside the BNB’s long run of Olympic coins from the 1980s and 1990s.
The coin has a face value of 10 levs and is struck in Ag 999/1000, 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: the logo of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee is depicted, surrounded by a wreath of traditional Bulgarian ethno motif, encircled in an inscription ‘100 ГОДИНИ ОТ ОСНОВАВАНЕТО НА БЪЛГАРСКИЯ ОЛИМПИЙСКИ КОМИТЕТ’ (100 years since the formation of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee).
The issue price is 132 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)
