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About Bulgarian Lev
The lev is the currency of Bulgaria. In old Bulgarian, the word lev meant "lion"; the word "lion" in the modern language is lаv. The lev is divided in 100 stotinki. Stotinka in Bulgarian means "a hundredth" and in fact is a transliteration of the French term "centime." Grammatically, the word stotinka comes from the word "sto".
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. When all the conditions have been met, Bulgaria should join the Eurozone as soon as the price stability criteria have been met. In November 2023, Bulgarian euro coin designs were revealed and approved by the Bulgarian National Bank. Wikipedia