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CURRENCY

Both the Bulgarian lev and the euro are used. The Bulgarian lev is pegged to the euro and there are approximately two Bulgarian leva to the British pound. The lev is still widely used in shops and
restaurants etc., but it is not valued outside of Bulgaria, so you could have difficulty exchanging it
back again. We were unable to exchange Bulgarian lev notes in Prague airport for example.

Bank Notes

1 lev 2 leva
5 leva 10 leva
20 leva 50 leva

Bank note images for 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 leva notes kindly provided by Owen Linzmayer at BanknoteNews.com

Coins

The Bulgarian currency is decimal based. The names and values of the coins above are, from left to right:

  • One Stotinka - 1/100 of a Lev
  • Two Stotinki - 2/100 of a Lev
  • Five Stotinki - 5/100 of a Lev
  • Ten Stotinki - 10/100 of a Lev
  • Twenty Stotinki - 20/100 of a Lev
  • Fifty Stotinki - 50/100 of a Lev
  • One Lev - 100/100, 1 full Lev
Page last updated: 23rd February 2009

 

 

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