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1000 Leva
| Issuer | Главна Дирекция на Държавните и на Гарантираните от Държавата Дългове (General Directorate of State and State-Guaranteed Debts), Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1942-1943 |
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| Printer | Държавна Печатница, Sofia |
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| Reverse description | Green printed reverse dominated by a detailed interest payment table headed СТОЙНОСТ, listing redemption values at 3% annual interest payable on the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month from January 1943 through January 1945, arranged in columns by date and leva amounts. An introductory legal text above the table cites the authorizing law and conditions of use. The denomination 1000 appears in all four corners within guilloche panels, and the printer's imprint Държавна Печатница — София appears at the bottom center. |
| Reverse lettering | СТОЙНОСТ на държавния съкровищен бон при 3% годишна лихва на 5, 15 и 25 число на месеца. ЧИСЛО МЕСЕЦЪ ГОДИНА Държавна Печатница — София |
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Bulgaria's wartime finances by 1942 were under severe strain from occupation costs levied by Germany — the Reich extracted payments in leva for the stationing of troops and logistics infrastructure, a arrangement that pumped enormous quantities of currency into circulation and forced the Directorate to issue high denominations it would otherwise have avoided. The 1000 Leva was a direct product of that inflationary pressure.
Printed domestically by the Държавна Печатница in Sofia rather than contracted abroad, the note reflects Bulgaria's wartime self-sufficiency in production. P#67B designates the second signature variety within the series.