| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 1000 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 182 × 93 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Designers: Alexander Bozhinov, Vasil Zahariev |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | December 1943 |
| Reference(s) | P#56 |
| Obverse description | The coat of arms in the middle, a portrait of Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on the left, a watermark on the right |
| Reverse description | A watermark on the left,the figure `1000` depicted in a circle and the text `ХИЛЯДА ЛЕВА (one thousand levs) on the right |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A portrait of Knyaz Simeon in a 45 mm circle |
| Obverse lettering | Хиляда Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1938 (Translation: One Thousand Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1938) |
| Reverse lettering | Хиляда Лева
Banque Nationale de Bulgarie
За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отъ
наказателния законъ. (Translation: One Thousand Leva Banque Nationale de Bulgarie For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 1079739480 |
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