Catalog
100 Leva Zlato
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1887 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A3 |
| Obverse description | A vignette to the right portrays a mother and child in Bulgarian national costume, while the Bulgarian coat of arms appears to the left. The central design is framed by intricate guilloche borders with ornamental scrollwork, and the denomination and bank name are rendered in Cyrillic lettering. The overall composition is executed in a classical intaglio style typical of late 19th-century European banknote printing. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an elaborate guilloche rosette at centre, enclosed within a dense geometric underprint of repeating fine-line patterns in blue. Numeral "100" panels appear at left and right, and the city name "СОФИЯ" (Sofia) is inscribed at top centre, with the date "1887" at the bottom centre. The entire surface is covered with repeated "СТО ЛЕВА" inscriptions within the border framework, and forgery-warning text occupies the four corner panels. |
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| Protection description | "СТО ЛЕВА" watermark visible when held to light |
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