Currency of Bulgaria: Euro

Who Issues the Euro

Bulgaria's monetary setup places the Euro (EUR) inside a common currency area, so monetary-policy authority is not purely national. Bulgarian National Bank is the country's central-bank institution within that structure. The currency's symbol is €; ISO numeric identifier: 978.

Euro monetary policy is shared across the Eurosystem. For Bulgaria, the European Central Bank is the central monetary authority while Bulgarian National Bank remains the national central bank and participates in implementing the common framework.

Exchange Rate for EUR

The exchange-rate context for Bulgaria is expressed through Euro (EUR). Comparing like-for-like timestamps is important, since a bank or payment provider may add its own spread or fee on top of the reference market movement. The page uses Bulgarian National Bank for the institutional currency context.

Banknotes and Coins