Evidence coverage: 1880–2026. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Lev established in monetary legislation with specified fiscal revenues in gold leva.
Sources and qualifications →Reform rescales specified fiscal and contractual obligations separately from cash exchange.
Sources and qualifications →The1880law introduced the lev as national account unit, and monetary documents of public bodies and private persons were required to express sums in leva and stotinki.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Lev established in monetary legislation with specified fiscal revenues in gold leva.
C1544Reform rescales specified fiscal and contractual obligations separately from cash exchange.
C1545The1880law introduced the lev as national account unit, and monetary documents of public bodies and private persons were required to express sums in leva and stotinki.
C1767Bulgaria’s 1952 reform converted cash at 100:1, with different rules for prices and deposits. No universal valuation stored.
C876One new lev replaced 10 old leva.
10 Bulgarian lev — 1952 scale per 1 Bulgarian lev — 1962 scaleV0185 · One new lev replaced 10 old leva.
C877One new lev replaced 1,000 old leva.
1000 Bulgarian lev — 1962 scale per 1 Bulgarian lev (euro-conversion scale)V0186 · One new lev replaced 1,000 old leva.
C878Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN. Bulgaria: euro adoption 2026-01-01; cash 2026-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C702, C703, C646Bulgaria: euro adoption 2026-01-01; cash 2026-01-01.
C703Bulgaria’s 1952 reform converted cash at 100:1, with different rules for prices and deposits. No universal valuation stored.
C876One new lev replaced 10 old leva.
C877One new lev replaced 1,000 old leva.
C878Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
1 EUR = 1.95583 BGN.
art.1, Bulgaria currency row; exact decimal retained
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Bulgaria: euro adoption 2026-01-01; cash 2026-01-01.
Annex, Bulgaria row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Bulgaria’s 1952 reform converted cash at 100:1, with different rules for prices and deposits. No universal valuation stored.
Bulgaria, PDF p. 39
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
One new lev replaced 10 old leva.
Bulgaria, PDF p. 39
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
One new lev replaced 1,000 old leva.
Bulgaria, PDF p. 39
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Lev established in monetary legislation with specified fiscal revenues in gold leva.
Chapter p1
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Reform rescales specified fiscal and contractual obligations separately from cash exchange.
Printed pp234–235
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The1880law introduced the lev as national account unit, and monetary documents of public bodies and private persons were required to express sums in leva and stotinki.
BNBbody¶2; Fantaccip10
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
BNBbody¶2; Fantaccip10
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The lev succeeded French-franc reckoning in Bulgarian official accounts: the1879national tariff used French francs, while the1880law introduced the lev and required money documents in leva. Scope is Bulgarian public-account succession, not replacement of every foreign coin or obligation.
Fantaccipp10–13; BNB2020body¶2
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Fantaccipp10–13; BNB2020body¶2
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.