The Bulgarian bagpipe: the third Bulgarian Customs and Traditions coin
The Bulgarian bagpipe: mintage 4,000, issue price 156 leva. On sale from 25 November 2024.
On 22 November 2024 the BNB announced a new coin: The Bulgarian bagpipe. It is on sale from 25 November 2024.
The gaida is a symbol of Bulgarian folk music, from the deep Rhodope kaba gaida to the higher dzhura gaida. The coin follows Kukeri (2020) and Nestinarstvo (2021) in the series.
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: 4,000. It was minted by the Bulgarian Mint to a design by Svetlin Balezdrov and Stoyan Dechev.
Reverse: a stylised depiction of two pipers – a man and a child in national costumes. A stylised ornament and the inscription ‘БЪЛГАРСКАТА ГАЙДА’ (The Bulgarian bagpipe) in circumference on the top.
The issue price is 156 leva. The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia and at branches of Investbank, First Investment Bank, Texim Bank, Tokuda 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)
