| Issuer | Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1999-2005 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 2 Leva (2 BGN) |
| Currency | Fourth lev (1999-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 116 × 64 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Printing Works of the Bulgarian National Bank (Печатница на Българска народна банка), Sofia, Bulgaria (2001-date) |
| Designer(s) | Kiril Gogov |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 31 December 2020 |
| Reference(s) | P#115 |
| Obverse description | The portrait of Paisius of Hilendar. The background depicts the Zografou Monastery on Mount Athos, the Monastery Seal, and the interior of Pagisios` monastic cell. |
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| Obverse lettering | Два Лева Българска Народна Банка Паисий Хилендарски 1722-1773 (Translation: Two Leva Bulgarian National Bank Paisius of Hilendar 1722-1773) |
| Reverse description | A facsimile of the Zografou draft of the `Historiae Sclavo-Bulgaricus` with a list of Bulgarian rulers; images of Tsar Kaloyan’s Ring Seal and three seals with the images of Bulgarian Sovereigns Mihail Shishman, Svetoslav Terter and Ivan Asen II; Hristofor Zhefarovich`s crowned lion rampant; Bulgaria`s Coat of Arms with three lions, as published in 1483 in the Gruenberg Heraldic Compendium. |
| Reverse lettering | За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно закона Два Лева Българска Народна Банка (Translation: For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law Two Leva Bulgarian National Bank) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A rampant lion. |
| Variants | |
| Numisquare ID | 4140111550 |
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