| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 500 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 158 × 80 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | State Printing House (Държавна печатница), Sofia, Bulgaria |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Tzvetana Kosturkova |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 12 May 1952 |
| Reference(s) | P#77 |
| Obverse description | The coat of arms in the left,the figure `500` in a vignette in the middle |
| Reverse description | A picture of tobacco pickers |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A net of rhomboid forms. |
| Obverse lettering | Петстотин Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София - Държавна Печатница - 1948 г. (Translation: Five Hundred Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia - State Printing House - 1948 y.) |
| Reverse lettering | Петстотин Лева
Banque Nationale de Bulgarie
За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно чл. 183 и 191 от
наказателния закон (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 | 2871214700 |
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