Catalogus
| Uitgever | Българска Народна Банка (Bulgarian National Bank) |
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| Jaar | 1885 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | 20 Лева (Translation: 20 Leva) |
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| Beveiligingstype | Watermark |
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| Opmerkingen |
Bulgaria's first banknote series, issued just seven years after the country emerged from five centuries of Ottoman rule, was printed in Saint Petersburg — a deliberate alignment with Russia, the power that had militarily secured Bulgarian independence in 1878. Goznak's Expedition for Preparing State Papers handled the production, the same facility supplying Imperial Russian government securities at the time.
P#A1 designation confirms this is the opening entry in the entire Bulgarian paper money catalogue. Kirkov's involvement as designer places the aesthetic firmly within Russian Imperial graphic conventions rather than anything distinctly Bulgarian.