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50 000 Leva
| Issuer | Bulgarian State Treasury |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 50 000 Leva (50 000) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in violet and carries an extensive interest redemption table titled 'СТОЙНОСТ' (Value), laid out in a multi-column grid listing calendar dates on the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month from 1942 to 1944. The table is framed by a decorative guilloche border with the denomination '50000' repeated at top, bottom, and both sides. An imprint at the foot reads 'Държавна печатница — София' (State Printing House — Sofia), and a preamble text in Cyrillic above the table cites the legal basis for issuance. |
| Reverse lettering | 50000 СТОЙНОСТ ЧИСЛО МЕСЕЦ ГОДИНА Държавна печатница — София |
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Bulgaria's wartime fiscal pressure was severe by 1942 — the government had committed troops and territory to the Axis, and the monetary supply expanded sharply to cover obligations the state could not meet through taxation alone. The 50,000 Leva denomination was enormous by prewar Bulgarian standards; just a decade earlier, notes of this face value would have been unthinkable for the State Treasury to issue.
Darzhavna Pechatnitsa — the State Printing Works in Sofia — produced the entire series domestically, which was a practical necessity given wartime disruption to foreign print contracts Bulgaria had relied on previously. The P#67 series includes several signature varieties, of which 67F is one of the later ones.