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50 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 50 Leva |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait vignette of poet Pencho Slaveykov (1866–1912) at left center, with facsimile signature below; a holographic strip runs along the left edge alongside a repeating numeral and dove motif underprint. To the right, a guilloche-framed vignette of a neoclassical building and a horse-drawn carriage scene appears above the large numeral "50" in color-shifting ink. The date "1999" and serial number are printed in the upper right, with issuer inscription along the right margin in Cyrillic. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by fine-line guilloche underprint in soft pastel tones, overlaid with handwritten manuscript excerpts from Slaveykov's poetry in cursive script at left. A large illustrative vignette at right center renders a symbolic composition of a bird in flight above two allegorical figures, drawn in a linear artistic style referencing Slaveykov's epic poem "Song of Blood." The denomination "50" appears at lower left, with the bank name and anti-counterfeiting warning inscription in Cyrillic. |
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| Protection description | A portrait watermark of Pencho Slaveykov visible when held to light; a holographic strip along the left edge of the obverse with repeating imagery; embedded security thread. |
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