Gallery of Coins from Bulgaria - The first Bulgarian state was formed in the late 7th century by the merge of a Central Asian tribe, the Bulgars, with the local Slavic inhabitants. Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire in 1908 and became a People's Republic in 1946. In 1990, Bulgaria held its first multiparty election since World War II and moved toward democracy. Bulgaria joined NATO in 2004 and the EU in 2007.

More Bulgarian coins in the Boutique.