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1000 Leva
| Issuer | Главна Дирекция на Държавните и на Гарантираните от Държавата Дългове (General Directorate of State and State-Guaranteed Debts) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ЦАРСТВО БЪЛГАРИЯ ГЛАВНА ДИРЕКЦИЯ НА ДЪРЖАВНИТЕ И НА ГАРАНТИРАНИТЕ ОТ ДЪРЖАВАТА ДЪЛГОВЕ ДЪРЖ. СЪК. БОН платим при Б. и. банка Капитал: 1000 лв. Лихва 3% за две години: 60 лв. Всичко: 1060 лв. Падеж 5 март 1947 година 1000 ЛЕВА ГЛ. ДИРЕКТОР НА ДЪРЖ. ДЪЛГОВЕ МИНИСТЪР НА ФИНАНСИТЕ София, 5 март 1945 година |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 СТОЙНОСТ на държавния съкровищен бон при 3% годишна лихва на 5, 15 и 25 число на месеца ЧИСЛО Месец Год лв. 1000 ЛЕВА |
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The General Directorate of State and State-Guaranteed Debts — an institution better suited to managing bond portfolios than printing currency — became an emergency issuer as Bulgaria's conventional banking infrastructure buckled under postwar occupation and rapid political transition. These 1945 high-denomination notes were circulating during the period when the Fatherland Front government, backed by Soviet forces, was consolidating control and the lev was hemorrhaging value at a rate that made four-digit denominations a practical necessity rather than a prestige issue.
The "O" suffix in the Pick reference denotes an overprint variant — worth confirming against the specific overprint text, as multiple overprint types exist within this series and misidentification is common.