| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1942 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5000 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 200 × 104 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Vasil Zahariev |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 16 March 1947 |
| Reference(s) | P#62 |
| Obverse description | The state coat of arms in the middle,a portrait of Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on the left |
| Reverse description | The building of the National Assembly in the middle |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | “БНБ” (BNB) visible in the wider white margin light blue and light violet ribbons with small inscriptions “Българска народна банка” (Bulgarian National Bank) incorporated in the paper |
| Obverse lettering | Петь Хиляди Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1942 (Translation: Five Thousand Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1942) |
| Reverse lettering | Петь Хиляди Лева
Banque Nationale de Bulgarie
За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отѣ
наказателния законъ (Translation: Five Thousand Leva Banque Nationale de Bulgarie For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 2762137040 |
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