Kingdom of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Narodna Bank. Banknotes of 1938.

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Bulgaria 5000 leva 1938

1. Issue description:

1.1. Emission: Kingdom of Bulgaria. Bulgarian People's Bank (Bulgarian People's Bank). Banknotes of 1938. Banknotes in leva.

1.2. Manufacturer of banknotes (printing house): Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig (Germany).

1.3. Signatures: Manager - Dobri Bozhilov, Cashier-Yu. Ivanov.

1.4. Author (authors) of the sign design: Vasil Zakhariev, Aleksandr Bozhinov

1.5. Circulation:

500 levs - 4,00,000 pcs.

BGN 1000 - 2,500,000 pcs.

BGN 5000 - 300,000 pcs.

1.6. Dates of circulation of the sign:

BGN 500 -

Introduced: October 1942

Withdrawn from circulation: March 16, 1947.

BGN 1000 -

Introduced: January 1943

Withdrawn from circulation: December 1943.

BGN 5000 -

Introduced: October 1942

Withdrawn from circulation: December 1943.

2.1. Samples of banknotes of 1000 and 5000 leva with a different arrangement of serial numbers are known. Probably samples.

3.1. Banknote catalogue. Bulgarian People's Bank, Sofia 2022 (fourth edition).

3.2. Dimitar Monev. Catalog on Bulgarian Betting Book 2010. Bulfila, 2010. {Catalog code - "DM"}

3.3. Rakovski Georgi S. Bulgarski banknotes. Catalogue. 2013. Official edition on Sofiysko Numismatic Friendship. 2013.

3.4. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, General Issues, 1368-1960. Krause Publications; Sixteenth Edition (16) (29. Dezember 2016) {Catalog code - "P"}