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500 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Size | 173 × 90 mm |
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| Obverse description | A finely engraved intaglio portrait of Tsar Boris III in military uniform occupies an oval vignette at the left centre, framed by an ornate guilloche border. The upper field carries the bank title in Cyrillic, with the denomination in large bold Cyrillic letters across the centre right, set against a finely patterned underprint. The serial number appears in red at both the upper right and lower left corners, with the place and year of issue inscribed at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | A circular intaglio vignette to the right centre contains a three-quarter portrait of a Bulgarian woman in traditional folk dress, including a headscarf and necklace, rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination numeral 500 appears in each corner, with the value in large Cyrillic letters at the centre left against a light guilloche underprint in shades of violet and blue. A decorative floral vignette occupies the left panel, and the anti-counterfeiting warning legend runs along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | "БНБ" (BNB) watermark visible in the wider white margin; light blue and light violet ribbons with small inscriptions "Българска народна банка" (Bulgarian National Bank) incorporated in the paper |
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