| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Leva (500 BGL) |
| Currency | Third lev (1962-1999) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 143 × 71 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Wertpapierdruckerei, Leipzig, Germany |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Antonii Ivanov |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 31 December 1999 |
| Reference(s) | P#104 |
| Obverse description | On the left we see the portrait of Dobri Hristov (1875-1941) who was one of the major Bulgarian composers of the 20th century. |
| Reverse description | Opera house in Varna at center right, three flying herring gulls at lower right. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A portrait of Dobri Hristov. |
| Obverse lettering | Петстотин Лева
Българска Народна Банка
Добри Христов 1875-1941 (Translation: Five Hundred Leva Bulgarian National Bank Dobri Hristov 1875-1941) |
| Reverse lettering | Петстотин Лева
Българска Народна Банка
За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно закона (Translation: Five Hundred Leva Bulgarian National Bank For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 9592794400 |
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