| Issuer | Bulgaria |
| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 5000 Leva (5000 BGL) |
| Currency | Third lev (1962-1999) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 161 × 80 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | Kiril Gogov |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 31 December 1999 |
| Reference(s) | P#111 |
| Obverse description | A portrait of Zahari Stoyanov at left, quill pen at centre. |
| Reverse description | The monument in Plovdiv, dedicated to Eastern Roumelia’s union with Bulgaria and 1885 Proclamation to the Bulgarian people at right. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | A portrait of Zahari Stoyanov. |
| Obverse lettering | Пет Хиляди Лева
Българска Народна Банка
Захари Стоянов 1851-1889 (Translation: Five Thousand Leva Bulgarian National Bank Zahari Stoyanov 1851-1889) |
| 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) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 9379534680 |
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