| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 173 × 90 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Designers: Alexander Bozhinov, Vasil Zahariev |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 16 March 1947 |
| Reference(s) | P#55 |
| Obverse description | The coat of arms on the right,the portrait of Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on the left,a watermark in the middle |
| Reverse description | The figure `500` in a vignette on the left,a sheaf of corn and a sickle on the right |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A portrait of Knyaginya Maria-Louiza in a 32 mm circle. |
| Obverse lettering | Петстотинъ Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1938 (Translation: Five Hundred Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1938) |
| 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 Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 2433655180 |
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