| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 128 × 85 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 5 May 1924 |
| Reference(s) | P#21 |
| Obverse description | The coat of arms in a vignette in the middle on the top |
| Reverse description | A crown in a vignette in the middle. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | “БНБ” (BNB) in a rectangular with curved ends. |
| Obverse lettering | Петъ Лева Сребърни
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Прѣдявителю въ замѣна на тая банкнота
За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно $$ 183 и 191 отъ
наказ. законъ. (Translation: Five Leva Silver The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer for exchange of this banknote For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
| Reverse lettering | Петъ Лева
БНБ (Translation: Five Leva BNB) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 1092274010 |
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