Bulgarian Lev Wiki
The Bulgarian Lev is the official currency of Bulgaria. The currency code for Bulgarian Lev is BGN and the currency symbol is BGN.
The Bulgarian Lev (sign: лв; code: BGN) is the currency of Bulgaria.
The Bulgarian Lev (BGN) is used as the official currency in Bulgaria.
The capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, uses the Bulgarian Lev as its currency.
About the Bulgarian Lev
The lev (Bulgarian: лев, plural: лева, левове / leva, levove; ISO 4217 code: BGN; numeric code: 975) is the currency of Bulgaria. In old Bulgarian, the word "lev" meant "lion"; the word "lion" in the modern language is lаv (IPA: [ɫɤf]; in Bulgarian: лъв). The lev is divided in 100 stotinki (стотинки, singular: stotinka, стотинка). Stotinka in Bulgarian means "a hundredth" and in fact is a translation of the French term "centime." Grammatically, the word "stotinka" comes from the word "sto" (сто; a hundred).
Since 1997, the lev has been in a currency board arrangement with initially the Deutsche Mark at a fixed rate of BGL 1000 to DEM 1. After the introduction of the euro and the redenomination of the lev in 1999, this has resulted in a fixed rate to the euro of BGN 1.95583 : EUR 1. Since 2020, the lev has been a part of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II).
With currencyconverts.com, you can convert Bulgarian Lev (BGN) to any other foreign currency. To convert a certain amount of Bulgarian Lev, use the currency converter. This page provides free online information about currency conversion or exchange rates for world fiat currencies. The exchange rate for Bulgarian Lev is calculated from the mid-market real price and updates daily. Usually, people search for the BGN exchange rate before business travel to Bulgaria or during a trip to other countries, and want to check the rate of Bulgarian Lev in local money. On this page, you can convert Bulgarian Lev to main foreign currencies, get fast access to the most commonly used amounts of BGN, or alternatively calculate any amount of Bulgarian Lev in other fiat money.