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25 Leva Travelers Cheque
| Issuer | Българска Външнотърговска Банка (Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank) |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | ПЪТНИЧЕСКИ ЧЕК ДОРОЖНЫЙ ЧЕК CHEQUE DE VOYAGE БЪЛГАРСКА ВЪНШНОТЪРГОВСКА БАНКА Българската външнотърговска банка ще изплати сре- щу този чек в срок от 6 м. от издаването му ДВАДЕСЕТ ПЕТ ЛЕВА на лицето, чийто образец от подписа е положен в долния десен ъгъл, срещу подписване на чека на оп- ределеното място. Болгарский Внешнеторговый Банк выплатит по этому чеку в течение 6 месяцев со дня его выдачи ДВАДЦАТЬ ПЯТЬ ЛЕВОВ лицу, образец подписи которого помещен внизу спра- ва, против его расписки на чеке на определенном месте. La Banque Bulgare de Commerce Extérieur payera con- tre ce chèque dans un délai de 6 mois de la date de son émission VINGT CINQ LEVA à la personne dont le spécimen de la signature figure à l'angle inférieur droit, contre signature du chèque à la place réservée à cet effet БЪЛГАРСКА ВЪНШНОТЪРГОВСКА БАНКА |
| Reverse description | Plain white reverse with show-through of obverse text visible through the paper. The example shown bears a violet cancellation stamp and a red serial number, with two cancellation punch holes in the upper portion, indicating a redeemed cheque. |
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The Bulgarian Foreign Trade Bank — Bulgarska Vanshnotoргoвска Banka — held a state monopoly on foreign-currency transactions throughout the communist period, making it the sole institution authorized to issue instruments like this cheque for use by outbound travelers. These leva-denominated travelers cheques circulated in a peculiar liminal space: nominally convertible, but only within the tightly controlled framework of the Balkan tourist economy, where hard currency was jealously rationed and leva had no real exchange rate outside socialist bloc agreements.
Whether this was redeemable at Balkantourist counters or through the Corecom hard-currency shop network depends on the specific issue date, and documentation on the full series remains sparse.