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Voucher - 30 Leva State Loan with Coupons
| Issuer | People's Republic of Bulgaria |
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| Year | 1952 |
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| Value | 30 Leva |
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| Obverse description | Red and pale green bond certificate with an elaborate guilloche border enclosing corner rosettes bearing the denomination numeral 30. At top centre, the state coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria flanked by vignettes of industrial and agricultural scenes; below, the title inscription and serial number in red, with a light green underprint of a locomotive. At bottom, a vignette of an urban industrial cityscape flanked by floral ornaments, with an attached coupon at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | НАРОДНА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ 2% ДЪРЖАВЕН КОНВЕРСИОНЕН ЗАЕМ 1952 ГОДИНА ОБЛИГАЦИЯ 30 ЗА ТРИДЕСЕТ ЛЕВА НА ПРИНОСИТЕЛЯ София - 1952 год. (Translation: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA 2% STATE CONVERSION LOAN 1952 BOND 30 FOR THIRTY LEVA TO THE BEARER Sofia - 1952) |
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The 1952 Bulgarian state loan vouchers were instruments of compulsory borrowing — the government issued them to workers and employees as forced deductions from wages, dressed up as patriotic participation in socialist reconstruction. The 30 Leva denomination was among the more common face values in this series, which funded postwar industrialization under the early Comecon framework.
The attached coupon sheet allowed holders to claim periodic interest payments, though in practice redemption was often deferred, restructured, or quietly cancelled as state priorities shifted through the 1950s.