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5000 Leva
| Issuer | Glavna Direktsia na Darzhavnite i na Garantiranite ot Darzhavata Dalgove (Bulgaria) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | First lev (1881-1952) |
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| Reverse description | Green reverse with matching guilloche border frame and the denomination 5000 repeated in each corner. The upper portion carries a text block in Cyrillic outlining the legal basis for the bond issuance, followed by the heading СТОЙНОСТ and a detailed redemption value table arranged in columns showing the capital value at 3¾% annual interest payable on the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month, covering the period from June 1943 through June 1945. |
| Reverse lettering | СТОЙНОСТ на държавния съкровищен бон при 3¾ годишна лихва на 5, 15 и 25 число на месеца ЧИСЛО МЕСЕЦЪ ГОДИНА 5000 |
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The Glavna Direktsia — the Directorate of State Debts — issued this note as Bulgaria's wartime financing pressures mounted following the country's 1941 alignment with the Axis. The 5000 Leva denomination sat at the high end of the series, intended for large commercial transactions rather than everyday use, though accelerating inflation was steadily eroding even that purchasing power by 1943.
The J suffix in the Pick reference denotes a signature variety, one of several produced across this series as personnel within the Directorate changed. Distinguishing varieties requires close attention to the specific combination of official signatures rather than any structural difference in the note itself.