20 Leva

€1.00
IssuerBulgaria
Year1947
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value20 Leva
CurrencyFirst lev (1881-1952)
CompositionPaper
Size82 × 47 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterState Printing House (Държавна печатница), Sofia, Bulgaria
No. printed
Designer(s)Tzvetana Kosturkova
Engraver(s)
In circulation to5 May 1952
Reference(s) P#74
Obverse descriptionThe figure “20” in а vignette in the middle, the text “ДВАДЕСЕТ ЛЕВА” (twenty levs) underneath
Reverse descriptionThe building of the BNB in the middle, the figure “20” in vignettes on the left and on the right
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Obverse letteringДвадесет Лева Българската Народна Банка Плаща Предявителю София - Държавна Печатница - 1947 г.
(Translation: Twenty Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia - State Printing House - 1947 y.)
Reverse lettering20 Лева Народна Република България За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно чл. 183 и 191 от наказателния закон
(Translation: 20 Leva People`s Republic of Bulgaria For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law)
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Catalog ID6374606240
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