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1000 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian National Bank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 1000 Leva |
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| Obverse description | The bank title in Cyrillic script arcs across the top margin, with the serial number repeated at both left and right flanks. A circular vignette of the Bulgarian royal coat of arms, set within an elaborate guilloche rosette, occupies the centre, with matching guilloche rosettes filling the lateral panels. The lower portion carries a decorative cartouche bearing the denomination legend and date, flanked by two manuscript signatures, the entire composition enclosed within a fine geometric guilloche border. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette, executed in fine intaglio, portrays a group of rose-pickers at work in a field against a rural landscape background. "BANQUE NATIONALE DE BULGARIE" is lettered in bold serif capitals across the upper margin, with the numeral 1000 set within guilloche panels at each side. A Cyrillic forgery warning occupies the lower margin, with the American Bank Note Company imprint at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | Хиляда Лева Banque Nationale de Bulgarie За подправка виновнитѣ се наказватъ съгласно чл. 183 и 191 отъ наказателния законъ. (Translation: One Thousand Leva Banque Nationale de Bulgarie For forgery the guilty are punished according Art. 183 and 191 of the criminal law) |
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