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1000 Leva
| Issuer | Главна Дирекция на Държавните и на Гарантираните Дългове (General Directorate of State and Guaranteed Debts), Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Reference(s) | P#67Q |
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| Obverse lettering | РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ ГЛАВНА ДИРЕКЦИЯ НА ДЪРЖАВНИТЕ И НА ГАРАНТИРАНИТЕ ДЪЛГОВЕ 1000 ЛЕВА ГЛ. ДИРЕКТОР НА ДЪРЖ. ДЪЛГОВЕ МИНИСТЪР НА ФИНАНСИТЕ |
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| Reverse lettering | СТОЙНОСТ НА ДЪРЖАВНИ СЪКРОВИЩНИ БОН ПРИ 3½% ГОДИШНА ЛИХВА НА 5, 15 И 25 ЧИСЛО НА МЕСЕЦА 1000 ЛЕВА |
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The Glavna Direktsiya series of 1946 was issued under the postwar provisional government as Bulgaria transitioned toward full nationalization of its financial institutions — the National Bank had not yet been reconstituted under the new political order, and this directorate filled the administrative gap. The 1000 Leva denomination was among the highest-value notes in active use at a moment when wartime inflation had already eaten deeply into the lev's purchasing power.
The "Q" suffix in the Pick reference denotes a specimen or proof variant, distinguished from the regularly issued note. Specimens from this series were produced in limited numbers and typically bear punch cancellations or overprints.