Coins of BULGARIA - catalog of coins of different countries: modern coins and banknotes of all countries of the world, samples, gold and silver coins, photos and description.
Monetary unit: lev = 100 stotinkam. Coins in circulation: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 stotinki, 1 and 2 leva.
Coins in circulation:
1 stotinka. Obverse: The image of a rider over a killed lion - the so-called. Madara horseman from the relief of the 1979th century near the village of Madara; included in the UNESCO heritage list in XNUMX. Above there is an inscription in a semicircle: BALGARIA. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 1 STOTINKA, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 2000, Bronze coated steel. Diameter - 16,00 mm. The weight - 1,80 g. Smooth edge. Circulation: 1. This type of coin has been in circulation since 1999, the bronze plated steel coin was minted in 2000 and 2002 In 1999, 2000 and 2002, a coin of similar design was also issued in aluminum bronze (Diameter - 16,00 mm., Thickness - 1,43 mm., The weight - 1,77 year).
2 stotinki. Obverse: The image of a rider over a killed lion - the so-called. Madara horseman from the relief of the 1979th century near the village of Madara; included in the UNESCO heritage list in XNUMX. Above there is an inscription in a semicircle: BALGARIA. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 2 STOTINKI, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 1999, Aluminum-bronze alloy. Diameter - 18,00 mm. The weight - 2,50 g. Smooth edge. Circulation: 2. This type of Coin has been in circulation since 1999, minted in 1999, 2000, 2002 In 2000 and 2002, a coin of similar design was also issued in bronze-plated steel (Diameter - 18,00 mm., The weight - 2,50 year).
5 stotinki. Obverse: The image of a rider over a killed lion - the so-called. Madara horseman from the relief of the 1979th century near the village of Madara; included in the UNESCO heritage list in XNUMX. Above there is an inscription in a semicircle: BALGARIA. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 5 STOPS, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 2000, Bronze coated steel. Diameter - 20,00 mm. The weight - 3,50 g. Smooth edge. This type of coin has been in circulation since 2000, minted in 1999 and 2000 In 1999, 2000, 2002, a coin of the same design made of aluminum bronze was also issued (Diameter - 20,00 mm., The weight - 3,50 year).
10 stotinki. Obverse: The image of a rider over a killed lion - the so-called. Madara horseman from the relief of the 1979th century near the village of Madara; included in the UNESCO heritage list in XNUMX. Above there is an inscription in a semicircle: BALGARIA. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 10 STOPS, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 1999 Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (CuNiZn). Diameter - 18,50 mm., Thickness - 1,50 mm. The weight - 3,00 g. Corrugated edge. Circulation: 8 231 400. This type of Coin was produced in 1999, 2002.
20 stotinki. Obverse: The image of a rider over a killed lion - the so-called. Madara horseman from the relief of the 1979th century near the village of Madara; included in the UNESCO heritage list in XNUMX Above there is an inscription in a semicircle: BALGARIA. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 20 STOPS, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 1999 Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (CuNiZn). Diameter - 20.50 mm., Thickness - 1,69 mm. The weight - 4,00 g. Corrugated edge. Circulation: 11. This type of Coin was produced in 1999, 2002.
50 stotinki. Obverse: The image of a rider over a killed lion - the so-called. Madara horseman from the relief of the 1979th century near the village of Madara; included in the UNESCO heritage list in XNUMX Above there is an inscription in a semicircle: BALGARIA. Reverse: Denomination of denomination: 50 STOPS divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 1999 Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (CuNiZn). Diameter - 22.50 mm., Thickness - 1.70 mm. The weight - 5.00 g. Corrugated edge. Circulation: 15. This type of Coin was produced in 1999, 2002.
1 lev. Obverse: In the center is the image of St. John of Rila (circa 876 - 946), the saint of the Bulgarian Church, the most revered patron saint of the Bulgarian people. Inscriptions in a semicircle: above - SV. IVAN RILSKI, below - Bulgaria. Reverse: Denomination of denomination: 1 LEV, on the right - the year of issue. On both sides of the denomination there are Greek symbols denoting the number 2. 2002 Bimetal: ring - brass, insert - copper-nickel-zinc alloy. Diameter - 24,50 mm., Thickness - 1,90 mm. The weight - 7,00 g. Sectoral corrugation edge. Circulation: 24 842 000. Designer: Petar Stoykov. The only year of release.
2 levs.
Obverse: in the center of the inner circle, the face value is marked with a "2" with rough lines. On the periphery, peculiar graphic elements of intersecting lines are depicted, located in the inner circle and along the outer ring. There is an inscription "LION" at the bottom of the Coin, letters start from the outer ring and fall into the inner circle, and the year of issue "2015" is located on the outer ring to the right of the text "LION".
Reverse: in the inner circle there is a stylized image of Paisiy Khilendarsky and the years "1722 - 1773" are written, and on the outer ring - the text "PAISIY KHILENDARSKI" and "BULGARIA".
The weight - 9 years Diameter - 26,5 mm. The quality of the minting is special uncirculated. Edge: variable uneven and smooth sectors. Circulation - 50000 pieces. Metal - ring - brass, insert - copper-nickel-zinc alloy. Denomination - 2 leva Date of issue - December 7, 2015.
The author of the art project is Vanya Dimitrova.
COINS RARELY MEETING IN CIRCULATIONS: Coins with a denomination of 50 stotins of special, commemorative and anniversary editions are rarely found in circulation.
50 stotinki. "Accession of Bulgaria to NATO in 2004". Obverse: The NATO building in Brussels, towards which a stylized Bulgarian lion is heading. Inscription in a semicircle: above - BULGARIA, below - NATO 2004. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 50 STOPS, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 2004 Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (CuNiZn). Diameter - 22,5 mm. The weight - 5,00 g. Corrugated edge. Circulation: 1. Designer: Todor Vardzhiev. This type of Coin has been in circulation since 2004.
50 stotinki. "Frescoes from the Thracian tomb of Kazanlak". Obverse: A depiction of a scene from a fresco in the Thracian tomb of Kazanlak (12th-XNUMXrd centuries BC). Along the edge of the Coin there are XNUMX stars of the European Union and the abbreviation EU - EU, at the top left of the inscription: БЪЛГАРИЯ, separated from the rest of the inscription with the image of a rose. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 50 STOPS, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 2005 Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (CuNiZn). Diameter - 22,5 mm. The weight - 5,00 g. Corrugated edge. Circulation - 500. Designers: Bogomil Nikolov, Pyotr Stoykov, Vladimir Yosifov. This type of Coin has been in circulation since 2005.
50 stotinki. "Accession of Bulgaria to the EU in 2007". Obverse: In the center - an open ancient Bulgarian book on a column from the capital of the First Bulgarian Kingdom - the city of Preslav. Along the edge of the coin there are 12 stars of the European Union and the inscription: БЪЛГАРИЯ В EU. Reverse: Denomination of the denomination: 50 STOPS, divided by the year of issue. The 12 stars of the European Union are placed in a semicircle. 2007 Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy (CuNiZn). Diameter - 22,5 mm. The weight - 5,00 g. Corrugated edge. Circulation: 500. Designers: Bogomil Nikolov, Ekaterina Dimitrova, Pyotr Stoikov, Vladimir Yosifov. This type of Coin has been in circulation since 2007.
