| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 157 × 81 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russia (1818-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Iván Ivánovich Dubásov |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 12 May 1952 |
| Reference(s) | P#71 |
| Obverse description | The coat of arms on the left, the figure “500” in a vignette on the right, the text “ПЕТСТОТИН ЛЕВА” (five hundred levs) in the middle. |
| Reverse description | The texts “BANQUE NATIONALE DE BULGARIE” and “ПЕТСТОТИН ЛЕВА” (five hundred levs) in the middle. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A net of rhomboid forms. |
| Obverse lettering | Петстотин Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1945 (Translation: Five Hundred Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1945) |
| 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 | 8163557470 |
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