Virgin Mary – Golden Apple 2025: higher prices and smaller quantities

The Bulgarian National Bank is releasing a new commemorative coin, “Virgin Mary – Golden Apple 2025”, on sale from 2 January 2025.

The second year of the Virgin Mary – Golden Apple gold coins came with higher prices, following the gold price, and smaller stated quantities for the larger denominations. The design is unchanged apart from the year.

The coins are struck in Au 999/1000 gold, proof quality: 10 leva – 7.78 g, 22 mm, 750 pieces; 20 leva – 15.55 g, 24.5 mm, 250 pieces; 50 leva – 23.33 g, 26.5 mm, 250 pieces; 100 leva – 31.10 g, 30 mm, 300 pieces.

Issue prices: 1,789 leva for the 10-leva coin, 3,311 leva for the 20-leva coin, 4,872 leva for the 50-leva coin, 6,456 leva for the 100-leva coin.

Reverse: an image of the Virgin Mary – Golden Apple icon and on its both sides the inscriptions ‘СВ. БОГОРОДИЦА’ (Virgin Mary) and ‘ЗЛАТНА ЯБЪЛКА’ (Golden Apple).

The coins are sold at the BNB cash desks in Sofia. For the first days of the sale each customer may buy up to two coins of each kind from the BNB; the limit then falls away. 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.