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10 000 Leva Zlatni
| Issuer | Bulgarska Narodna Banka (Bulgarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | This government treasury bond (Държавен Съкровищен Бон) issued in Sofia, dated 8 September 1917, is typeset in Cyrillic throughout and bears the heading of the Directorate for State and State-Guaranteed Debts under the Kingdom of Bulgaria. The face presents a tabular breakdown of capital (10,000 leva zlatni), interest (225 leva), and total sum (10,225 leva zlatni), with a large diagonal manuscript cancellation stamp across the centre. A handwritten serial number (No. 01886) appears at lower left, accompanied by manuscript signatures of the Minister of Finance and the Director of State Debts at the foot of the main text block. |
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| Reverse lettering | ИЗДАДЕНЪ ВЪЗ ОСНОВА: 1) Чл. 2 отъ закона за управлението на държавните и на гарантираните отъ държавата дългове; 2) Бонитъ за извънредните свръхсметни кредити на министерството на войната; Този държавенъ съкровищенъ бонъ се приема вместо пари отъ Българската Народна Банка и всички други държавни учреждения за изплащане данъци, бержи, глоби и др. задължения към държавното съкровище и може да служи за гаранция и залогъ за участие в търгове по номиналната му стойност, намалена съ лихвата 5½% годишно за неизтеклото вреде до падежа — 8. III. 1918 За справка виновниятъ се наказватъ съгласно чл.чл. 183 и 191 отъ наказателния законъ. |
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Bulgaria entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in October 1915, and the financial strain of sustained mobilization hit hard within two years. This high-denomination note — 10,000 leva zlatni, meaning gold leva — was issued not against any actual gold reserve but as a wartime expedient, with the "zlatni" designation functioning as a nominal peg to pre-war convertibility that no longer existed in practice.
The P#26B designation distinguishes a signature variety within the 1917 series. Wartime paper quality was inconsistent, and surviving examples frequently show brittleness along fold lines.