Kingdom of Bulgaria. Bulgarian Narodna Bank. 1942 banknotes.

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Bulgaria 5000 leva 1942
Bulgaria 5000 leva 1942

1. Issue description:

1.1. Emission: Kingdom of Bulgaria. Bulgarian People's Bank (Bulgarian People's Bank). 1942 banknotes. Banknotes in leva.

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

1.3. Signatures: for the Manager - Kiril Gunev, N-k Kasovia otѣl - Yu. Ivanov .

1.4. Author (s) of sign design: Vasil Zakhariev

1.5. Circulation:

500 levs - 18,00,000 pcs.

BGN 1000 - 8,000,000 pcs.

BGN 5000 - 800,000 pcs.

1.6. Dates of circulation of the sign:

BGN 500 -

Introduced: August 1942

Withdrawn from circulation: March 16, 1947.

BGN 500 -

Introduced: November 1942

Withdrawn from circulation: March 16, 1947.

BGN 5000 -

Introduced: February 1943

Withdrawn from circulation: March 16, 1947.


 
2. Notes:
 
3. Literature:

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"}