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The Bulgarian Lev (BGN) was the official currency of Bulgaria until January 1, 2026. On that date, Bulgaria adopted the euro as its official currency. The lev is the basic monetary unit of Bulgaria, and its name literally means "lion" in Bulgarian. The plural form of lev is leva or levs.123

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…board, the national currency (lev) was tied to the German mark. Upon the debut of the euro in 2002, the lev was pegged to that currency at a fixed rate. Bulgarian plans to adopt the euro stalled in the wake of the euro-zone debt crisis that began in 2009,…
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…board, the national currency (lev) was tied to the German mark. Upon the debut of the euro in 2002, the lev was pegged to that currency at a fixed rate. Bulgarian plans to adopt the euro stalled in the wake of the euro-zone debt crisis that began in 2009,…
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