5000 Leva

Features

Issuer	Bulgaria
King	Boris III (Борис III) (1918-1943)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1925
Value	5000 Leva
Currency	First lev (1881-1952)
Composition	Paper
Size	200 × 85 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	September 1943
Number	N# 203517
References	P# 49 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

The coat of arms on the left, the portrait of Tsar Boris III in a military uniform on the right

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Петь Хиляди Лева
Българската Народна Банка
Плаща Предявителю
София 1925

Translation:
Five Thousand Leva
The Bulgarian National Bank
Pays the Bearer
Sofia 1925

Designers: Alexander Bozhinov, Boris Denev, Konstantin Shturkelov

Reverse

St.Alexander Nevski Cathedral, Sofia in the middle

Script: Cyrillic

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

Designers: Alexander Bozhinov, Boris Denev, Konstantin Shturkelov

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

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Date	No. printed	References
Undetermined
1925	283 680	P# 49 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).
1925		P# 49s1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen (000000)
1925		P# 49s2 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen (with prefix letter)
1925		P# 49s3 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Color Trial (А 000000)

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