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5000 Leva Not issued
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Non-circulating banknote |
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| Reverse description | At left and right, vignettes enclosing the text 'ПЕТЪ ХИЛЯДИ ЛЕВА' and the numeral '5000'; at centre, a genre scene of rose-pickers rendered in intaglio, evoking Bulgaria's renowned rose-oil industry. The overall layout is framed by decorative guilloche borders. |
| Reverse lettering | Петь Хиляди Лева Banque Nationale de Bulgarie За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно чл. 183 и 191 от наказателния закон (Translation: Five Thousand Leva Banque Nationale de Bulgarie For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
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Bulgaria's 1943 printing program was severely disrupted by wartime conditions, and several denominations were prepared but never released into circulation. This 5000 Leva note falls into that category — printed at the Reichsdruckerei in Berlin during a period when Germany was handling a significant portion of Axis-aligned states' currency production, then withheld entirely from issue.
Why it was suppressed remains unclear from surviving records. A post-war currency reform may have overtaken it, or the Bulgarian National Bank may have judged the denomination unnecessary given inflation pressures already in motion by late 1943.