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100 Leva Not issued
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Printer | Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russia (1818-date) |
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| Obverse description | Asymmetrical layout with the state coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria centred in a vignette at upper left, flanked by ornate guilloche borders. The denomination '100' appears in large numerals at lower left, with the title inscription 'НРБ' above the central vignette. A serial number in red is printed at lower left, with the overprint 'ОБРАЗЕЦ' (Specimen) in red diagonally across the face. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the famous Madara Rider rock relief, a UNESCO World Heritage carved monument, set within a rectangular frame with ornate guilloche surrounds. The denomination in Cyrillic script is repeated within the design. |
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This note was designed and printed but never released into circulation — the Bulgarian National Bank shelved it as the country's political situation collapsed following the fall of Zhivkov in November 1989. The transition away from communist rule created enough institutional uncertainty that several planned issues were abandoned outright rather than released mid-reform.
Goznak had supplied banknote printing to Bulgaria throughout the Soviet period, and this was among the last notes produced under that arrangement before Bulgaria moved toward Western printers in the early 1990s.