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Bulgaria's unit of currency is the lev. The word "lev" in old Bulgarian meant "lion," and the word "lion" in modern Bulgarian is "lav." There are 100 stotinki in a lev. In fact, the Bulgarian word stotinka, which means "a hundredth," is a translation of the French word centime. The word "stotinka" is derived grammatically from the word "sto," which means one hundred. The lev has been a part of a currency board agreement since 1997, first with the Deutsche Mark at a fixed rate of BGL 1000 to DEM 1. Following the launch of the euro and the redenomination of the lev in 1999, this led to a fixed rate of BGN 1.95583: EUR 1 for the euro. The lev has been a component of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism since 2020. The euro is expected to replace the lev on January 1st, 2024.