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200 silver coins · 1882–2026

Silver coins by year

A timeline of every year with silver coins in the catalogue, from 1882 to 2026, with a photograph of Bulgaria in that year. Hover over a coin to see both sides and its details.

200
silver coins
68
years
5
periods

1878–1908

Principality of Bulgaria

12 coins · 1882–1894

Coins of the Principality of Bulgaria, from the first stotinki struck in 1881 to the silver and gold leva of Prince Ferdinand.

  4. The

    Principality of Bulgaria

    1885

    The "Unification" exhibition of Plovdiv's Regional History Museum – the Unification was proclaimed on 6 September 1885

    Image: HistoryMuseumPlovdiv-Unification · Employee of Regional History Museum in Plovdiv, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons

    1 coin · silver

    All coins of 1885 →
    • 5 leva, coin

1908–1946

Kingdom of Bulgaria

16 coins · 1910–1937

Coins of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, from the 1908 declaration of independence to the end of the monarchy in 1946.

1946–1990

People’s Republic of Bulgaria

62 coins · 1965–1990

Collector and circulation coins of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, 1946–1990.

  1. Restaurant Splendid, 1960s

    People’s Republic of Bulgaria

    1965

    Restaurant Splendid, 1960s

    Image: Restaurant Splendid. Fortepan 30794 · FOTO:Fortepan — ID 30794: Adományozó/Donor: Krasznai Gyula. archive copy at the Wayback Machine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    4 coins · silver

    All coins of 1965 →
    • 1100 Years Slavonic Letters, coin
    • 1100 Years Slavonic Letters, coin
    • Georgi Dimitrov, coin
    • Georgi Dimitrov, coin
  11. The Bells monument, Sofia, built for the 1979 Banner of Peace children's assembly

    People’s Republic of Bulgaria

    1979

    The Bells monument, Sofia, built for the 1979 Banner of Peace children's assembly

    Image: Kambanite Sofia 20090405 010 · Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    8 coins · silver

    All coins of 1979 →
    • 100 Years Bulgarian Telecommunications (BU), coin
    • 100 Years Bulgarian Telecommunications (proof), coin
    • First Soviet-Bulgarian Space Flight (BU), coin
    • First Soviet-Bulgarian Space Flight (proof), coin
    • International Year of the Child, coin
    • International Year of the Child (piefort), coin
    • Sofia - 100 Years the Capital of Bulgaria (BU), coin
    • Sofia - 100 Years the Capital of Bulgaria (proof), coin
  13. Old Nesebar

    People’s Republic of Bulgaria

    1982

    Old Nesebar

    Image: Bulgaria, Nesebar Fortepan 9592 · FOTO:Fortepan — ID 9592: Adományozó/Donor: Kováts Lajos. archive copy at the Wayback Machine, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    4 coins · silver

    All coins of 1982 →
    • 100 Years Since the Birth of Georgi Dimitrov, coin
    • 40 Years Since the Birth of Lyudmila Zhivkova, coin
    • Footballers, coin
    • Sombrero, coin
  15. Rila Monastery, 1985

    People’s Republic of Bulgaria

    1985

    Rila Monastery, 1985

    Image: Rila 1985 004 · meine Großmutter / own grandma, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

    1 coin · silver

    All coins of 1985 →
    • Intercosmos, coin
  18. Soyuz TM-5 crew with Aleksandar Aleksandrov, the second Bulgarian in space

    People’s Republic of Bulgaria

    1988

    Soyuz TM-5 crew with Aleksandar Aleksandrov, the second Bulgarian in space

    Image: Soyuz TM-5 Crew Portrait · Montage: User:Erick Soares3 Solovyev: NASA Savinykh: Svklimkin Aleksandrov: Оксана Прилепина, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    6 coins · silver

    All coins of 1988 →
    • 100 Years Bulgarian State Railways, coin
    • 100 Years Kliment Ochridski University of Sofia, coin
    • 110 Years Since the Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule, coin
    • Second Soviet-Bulgarian Space Flight, coin
    • XXIV Summer Olympic Games, Seoul (Republic of Korea), 1988, coin
    • XXIV Summer Olympic Games, Seoul (Republic of Korea), 1988, coin

1991–2025

Republic of Bulgaria

107 coins · 1992–2025

Collector and circulation coins issued in lev from 1991 until the euro changeover on 1 January 2026.

  8. Church of St Sophia (the Old Metropolis), Nesebar, 1999

    Republic of Bulgaria

    1999

    Church of St Sophia (the Old Metropolis), Nesebar, 1999

    Image: Nesebar - 1999 · MeRyan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    4 coins · silver

    All coins of 1999 →
    • 120 Years Council of Ministers — EURO, coin
    • A Plovdiv House — EURO, coin
    • High Jump, coin
    • Monk Seal, coin
  13. The pen used to sign Bulgaria's EU accession treaty, 25 April 2005

    Republic of Bulgaria

    2005

    The pen used to sign Bulgaria's EU accession treaty, 25 April 2005

    Image: The ЕU accession pen · Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    3 coins · silver

    All coins of 2005 →
    • Bulgaria - European Union, coin
    • Shorttrack, coin
    • The Gold Mask, coin

2026–

Bulgarian euro coins

3 coins · 2026

Bulgaria’s euro collector coins, issued by the Bulgarian National Bank since the changeover on 1 January 2026.

Historical photographs: Wikimedia Commons, credited under each image. Many show a landmark or event of the year; some are later views of places that defined it.