500 Leva

Features

Issuer	Bulgaria
King	Simeon II (Симеон II) (1943-1946)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1945
Value	500 Leva
Currency	First lev (1881-1952)
Composition	Paper
Size	157 × 81 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	12 May 1952
Number	N# 203166
References	P# 71 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

The coat of arms on the left, the figure “500” in a vignette on the right, the text “ПЕТСТОТИН ЛЕВА” (five hundred levs) in the middle.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Петстотин Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1945

Translation:
Five Hundred Leva
The Bulgarian National Bank
Pays the Bearer
Sofia 1945

Designer: Iván Ivánovich Dubásov

Reverse

The texts “BANQUE NATIONALE DE BULGARIE” and “ПЕТСТОТИН ЛЕВА” (five hundred levs) in the middle.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Петстотин Лева
Banque Nationale de Bulgarie
За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно чл. 183 и 191 от наказателния закон

Translation:
Five Hundred Leva
Banque Nationale de Bulgarie
For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law

Designer: Iván Ivánovich Dubásov

Watermark

A net of rhomboid forms.

Printer

Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russian Federation (1818-date)

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Date	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1945	P# 71a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	One letter serial # prefix	78%
1945	P# 71b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Two letter serial # prefix	33%
1945	P# 71s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen	0%

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	Katz Auction 195 Lot 1793	23 May 2026	Undetermined	AU	USD 115.43 (EUR 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 163 Lot 1527	15 Jul 2025	Undetermined	AU	USD 148.91 (EUR 129.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 151 Lot 1287	25 Feb 2025	Undetermined	AU	USD 110.81 (EUR 96.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Jubilee Auction 60 Lot 96	14 May 2022	Undetermined	AU	USD 87.73 (EUR 76.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 193 Lot 1756	5 May 2026	Undetermined	XF	USD 126.97 (EUR 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 189 Lot 2140	3 Apr 2026	Undetermined	XF	USD 126.97 (EUR 110.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 176 Lot 1506	18 Nov 2025	Undetermined	XF	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 127 Lot 1459	1 Jun 2024	Undetermined	XF	USD 75.03 (EUR 65.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 2102	30 Nov 2022	Undetermined	XF	USD 15.01 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 62 Lot 2720	21 Jun 2022	Undetermined	XF	USD 34.63 (EUR 30.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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