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100 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1933 |
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| Obverse lettering | Българската Народна Банка Сто Лева Плаща Предявителю София 1922 г. (Translation: The Bulgarian National Bank / One Hundred Leva / Pays the Bearer / Sofia 1922) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE BULGARIE Сто Лева За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отъ наказателния законъ. (Translation: Banque Nationale de Bulgarie / One Hundred Leva / For forgery the guilty are punished according to Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law.) |
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Bulgaria turned to the American Bank Note Company for this 1922 issue partly out of necessity — domestic printing capacity was constrained in the postwar years, and ABNC had already supplied engraved work to several Balkan states. The design credit shared between Dimitar Gyudjenov and Nikola Kozhouharov is unusual; collaborative attribution at this level of specificity is rare for Bulgarian issues of the period, suggesting a deliberate division of labor between the two artists rather than a conventional studio arrangement.
Bulgaria in 1922 was navigating acute fiscal stress following reparations imposed by the Treaty of Neuilly. The 100 Leva was a meaningful denomination in that environment — not a pocket note.