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1000 Leva Zlatni Not issued

Emittent Bulgarian National Bank
Jahr 1918
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Druckerei Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)
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Vorderseitenbeschreibung The obverse is dominated by a central guilloche underprint in pale tones, with the bank title БЪЛГАРСКАТА НАРОДНА БАНКА and the denomination ХИЛЯДА ЛЕВА ЗЛАТНИ printed in large Cyrillic letterpress. A vignette portrait of Tsar Ferdinand I in military uniform occupies the right side, set within an ornate frame. The Bulgarian state coat of arms appears at lower center, flanked by the numeral 1000 at each lower corner, with two signature lines for the Управитель (Governor) and Касиеръ (Cashier) below the central text.
Vorderseitenlegende Хиляда Лева Златни Българската Народна Банка Плаща Прѣдявителю въ замѣна на тая банкнота
(Translation: One Thousand Leva Gold The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer for exchange of this banknote)
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Bulgaria's wartime finances were in serious trouble by 1918 — the country had been fighting continuously since 1912, and by the armistice in September of that year the economy was effectively broken. This 1000 Leva Zlatni ("gold leva") note was prepared by Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig but never released into circulation, almost certainly because the denomination was intended for a monetary stability that never materialized.

The "zlatni" designation is the telling detail: it implies convertibility to gold at a moment when Bulgaria had none to spare. Issuing it would have been a fiction the market would have seen through immediately.

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