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100 000 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarska Narodna Banka (Bulgarian National Bank) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 100 000 Leva (100 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | ДО ЦЕНТРАЛНОТО УПРАВЛЕНИЕ НА БЪЛГАРСКАТА НАРОДНА БАНКА ГЛАВНА КАСА В СОФИЯ БЪЛГАРСКА НАРОДНА БАНКА СОФИЙСКИ КЛОН СТО ХИЛЯДИ ЛЕВА |
| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse covered with multiple manuscript endorsements, stamps, and handwritten notations in Cyrillic script from various institutional parties, including references to Българска Народна Банка, Хасковски Клон (Haskovo Branch), and other commercial entities. Two additional revenue stamps are affixed at lower right, and the surface bears numerous ink signatures and circular handstamps accumulated through successive transfers. |
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Bulgaria's postwar financial crisis after the First World War was severe enough that the government resorted to an unusual expedient: rather than printing entirely new high-denomination notes, existing notes were overstamped with revenue stamps to validate and authorize their inflated face values. The P#33C is a product of that stop-gap approach.
The 100,000 Leva denomination itself signals the scale of the inflationary pressure Bulgaria faced under the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine reparations burden, which stripped the country of territory, livestock, and hard currency simultaneously.