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10 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1962 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Десет Лева Народна Република България (Translation: Ten Leva People's Republic of Bulgaria) |
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| Reverse lettering | Десет Лева Българска Народна Банка Банкнотата е обезпечена със злато и всички активи на банката За подправка виновните се наказват по закона (Translation: Ten Leva Bulgarian National Bank The banknote is backed by gold and all the bank's assets For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law) |
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Bulgaria's 1962 note series was issued under the tight political alignment of the Zhivkov era, and the choice to print in Moscow through Goznak — the Soviet state printing authority — was as much a political statement as a practical one. Several Eastern Bloc countries used Goznak during this period, though not all advertised the arrangement openly.
The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature, modest even by the standards of the time. Notes from this series are common in circulated grades; uncirculated survivors are less so, as Bulgaria's cash economy meant heavy day-to-day use of mid-denomination notes throughout the 1960s.