10 Leva Liberation from the Turks

Features

Issuer	Bulgaria
Period	People's Republic (1946-1990)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1978
Value	10 Leva (10 BGL)
Currency	Third lev (1962-1999)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	29 g
Diameter	39 mm
Thickness	3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 26245
References	KM# 102 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

100th Anniversary - Liberation from Turks

Obverse

Coat of arms of People's Republic of Bulgaria. Denomination and date.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА
БЪЛГАРИЯ
ДЕСЕТ ЛЕВА

Translation:
The People's Republic of Bulgaria
Ten Leva

Reverse

Shipka monument.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
ОСВОБОЖДЕНИЕ НА БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОСМАНСКО ИГО
1878-1978

Translation: Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman yoke

Mint

Bulgarian Mint (Монетен двор / Moneten dvor), Sofia, Bulgaria (1952-date)

Comments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipka_Monument

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1978			200 000					$ 67	$ 67	$ 67		Proof

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Actual silver weight: 0.466 oz

Current silver price: 68.63 USD/oz (see silver price

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	Katz Auction 186 Lot 65	13 Mar 2026	UNC	USD 54.39 (EUR 47.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 160	27 Feb 2026	UNC	USD 43.98 (EUR 38.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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