5000 Leva

€203,504.00
IssuerBulgaria
Year1924
TypeStandard banknote
Value5000 Leva
CurrencyFirst lev (1881-1952)
CompositionPaper
Size195 × 92 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterState Printing House (Държавна печатница), Sofia, Bulgaria
No. printed
Designer(s)Hristo Lozev
Engraver(s)
In circulation toMay 1925
Reference(s) P#41
Obverse descriptionThe coat of arms on the left, a portrait ot Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on right, BNB red seal in the middle
Reverse descriptionA portrait of Hristo Botev in a vignette on the left
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionRampant lion
Obverse letteringПеть Хиляди Лева Българската Народна Банка Плаща Предявителю София 1924
(Translation: Five Thousand Leva The Bulgarian National Bank Pays the Bearer Sofia 1924)
Reverse letteringПеть 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 ID6786167030
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