The Bulgarian National Bank made a final decision in April on the appearance of the Bulgarian euro coins after our country's accession to the eurozone. On June 4, the European Commission (EC) and the European Central Bank (ECB) gave the green light to Bulgaria's path to eurozone membership. According to the published ECB Convergence Report, since 2024 Bulgaria has made significant progress in terms of economic convergence with the eurozone and is ready to adopt the euro from January 1, 2026.
The euro coins have a common side and a national side. The design of the current Bulgarian circulation coins has been reproduced for the main elements of the national side of the Bulgarian euro coins.
The design of the common sides of the coins is the work of Luc Luix from the Royal Mint of Belgium. They feature images of the European Union or Europe, symbolizing the unity of the EU.
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The graphic designs for the design of the Bulgarian national side of the euro coins approved in 2024 meet the requirements for the main motifs and mandatory design details.
According to regulatory requirements, each national side of the euro coins includes mandatory and optional details.
The mandatory elements are:
depiction of a circle of 12 stars, as on the flag of the European Union; writing in Cyrillic of the word „BULGARIA“ as a designation of the issuing country; for the Bulgarian 2 euro euro coins – inscription, written sequentially along the edge, with one half written “GOD PROTECT BULGARIA“, and the second half – the same inscription written in reverse.
The selected optional elements are:
Cyrillic spelling of the word “euro“ on the 1 and 2 euro coins, “stotinka“ on the 1 cent coin and “stotinki“ on the 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins; inscription of the year of the introduction of the euro in Bulgaria.
Here is what the Bulgarian euro coins will look like:
