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5000 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Designer(s) | Kiril Gogov |
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| Reverse lettering | Пет Хиляди Лева Българска Народна Банка За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно закона (Translation: Five Thousand Leva Bulgarian National Bank For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Hologram |
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Bulgaria's 1996 hyperinflationary spiral was among the worst in post-communist Europe — annual inflation peaked at over 300% that year before completely collapsing the lev in early 1997, when rates briefly exceeded 2000% monthly. The 5000 Leva denomination, unthinkable a few years earlier, had become routine currency for ordinary transactions by the time this note entered circulation.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility handled the contract, a plant with roots in the GDR's state printing works, absorbed into the Munich parent after reunification. The 1997 currency reform ultimately replaced the entire lev series at 1000:1, rendering this note obsolete within months of issue.