1000 Leva

€1.00
IssuerBulgaria
Year1942
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value1000 Leva
CurrencyFirst lev (1881-1952)
CompositionPaper
Size183 × 94 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterGiesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)
No. printed
Designer(s)Vasil Zahariev
Engraver(s)
In circulation to16 March 1947
Reference(s) P#61
Obverse descriptionThe state coat of arms in the middle,a portrait of Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on the left
Reverse descriptionThe engraving “Rila Monastery” on the right
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionБНБ” (BNB) visible in the wider white margin light blue and light violet ribbons with small inscriptions “Българска народна банка” (Bulgarian National Bank) incorporated in the paper
Obverse letteringХиляда Лева Българската Народна Банка Плаща Предявителю София 1942
(Translation: One Thousand Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1942)
Reverse letteringХиляда Лева Banque Nationale de Bulgarie За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отѣ 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 ID7369373020
Comments