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500 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
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| Obverse lettering | Петстотинь Лева Българската Народна Банка Плаща Предявителю София 1925 (Translation: Five Hundred Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1925) |
| Reverse description | The central vignette reproduces a vignette after the painting 'Ploughman' by Yaroslav Veshin, rendered in intaglio, showing a Bulgarian peasant standing beside a yoked ox team with a seated figure in the foreground against a landscape background. Large numeral '500' appears in bold letterpress at both left and right margins, and the denomination in Cyrillic runs along the lower border within a decorative frame incorporating traditional Bulgarian folk-art motifs. The bank name in French is inscribed across the top panel. |
| Reverse lettering | Петстотинъ Лева Banque Nationale de Bulgarie За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отъ наказателния законъ. (Translation: Five Hundred Leva Banque Nationale de Bulgarie For forgery the guilty are punished according to Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
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