| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5000 Leva |
| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 200 × 106 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Designers: Alexander Bozhinov, Vasil Zahariev |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | December 1943 |
| Reference(s) | P#57 |
| Obverse description | The coat of arms in the middle, a portrait of Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on the left, a watermark on the right |
| Reverse description | A watermark on the left, a vignette with the figure “5000” on the right, the building of the Bulgarian National Bank in the middle |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Portraits of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Joanna |
| Obverse lettering | Петь Хиляди Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1938 (Translation: Five Thousand Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1938) |
| Reverse lettering | Петь Хиляди Лева
Banque Nationale de Bulgarie
За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отъ
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 | 6253413230 |
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