500 leva 1945 — Bulgaria ( Pick: 71 )
Region:
Europe
Front side
Back side
Banknote description
The banknote is a 500 leva issued in Bulgaria in 1945. It is cataloged under Pick number 71. Its denomination and year place it among documented banknotes from this period.
The front side design features the year 1945, with a multicolor underprint that includes blue, brown, and orange elements. The inscription on the front reads "1945. %OXH RQ PXOWLFRORU XQGHUSULQW. $UPV DW OHIW. 6LJQD WXUHV: 6WHIDQRY DQG ,YDQRY." The back design showcases a brown color on a blue and orange underprint.
This note measures 157 x 81 mm and was printed by Goznak. It bears the signatures of Stefanov and Ivanov.
The front side design features the year 1945, with a multicolor underprint that includes blue, brown, and orange elements. The inscription on the front reads "1945. %OXH RQ PXOWLFRORU XQGHUSULQW. $UPV DW OHIW. 6LJQD WXUHV: 6WHIDQRY DQG ,YDQRY." The back design showcases a brown color on a blue and orange underprint.
This note measures 157 x 81 mm and was printed by Goznak. It bears the signatures of Stefanov and Ivanov.
Specifications
- Signed by
- Stefanov and Ivanov
- Date of issue
- 1945
- Printing office
- Groznak
- Paper
- Paper
- Colour
- Blue on multicolor underprint; brown on blue and orange underprint
- Dimensions
- 157 x 81 mm
- Amount produced
- Not specified
- Pick catalog
- 71
About this banknote
The Bulgarian National Bank issued the 500 leva banknote in 1945. This issuance occurred during the reign of King Simeon II, who ascended to the throne in 1943. The banknote was printed by Goznak, the Russian state printing house.
The obverse features the Bulgarian coat of arms on the left, with the denomination "500" in a vignette on the right, and the text "ПЕТСТОТИН ЛЕВА" (five hundred leva) in the center. The reverse displays the texts "BANQUE NATIONALE DE BULGARIE" and "ПЕТСТОТИН ЛЕВА" in the middle. The banknote measures 157 x 81 mm and has a watermark consisting of a rhombus pattern. It was demonetized on May 12, 1952.
