5000 Leva

5000 Leva - obverse5000 Leva - reverse

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Features

Issuer Bulgaria
Period Republic (1990-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1996
Value 5000 Leva (5000 BGL)
Currency Third lev (1962-1999)
Composition Paper
Size 161 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 31 December 1999
Number
N#
202241
References P# 108
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

A portrait of Zahari Stoyanov, a hologram stripe with initials ‘БНБ’ with alternating colors.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Пет Хиляди Лева
Българска Народна Банка
Захари Стоянов 1851-1889

Translation:
Five Thousand Leva
Bulgarian National Bank
Zahari Stoyanov 1851-1889

Designer: Kiril Gogov

Reverse

A fragment of the monument in Plovdiv, dedicated to Eastern Roumelia’s union to Bulgaria.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Пет Хиляди Лева
Българска Народна Банка
За подправка виновните се наказват съгласно закона

Translation:
Five Thousand Leva
Bulgarian National Bank
For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law

Designer: Kiril Gogov

Watermark

A portrait of Zahari Stoyanov.

5000 Leva -  obverse

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Printer

Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1996  24 000 000 $ 12 97% P#108a
1996  0% P#108s1 - Specimen (АA 0000000)
1996  0% P#108s2 - Specimen (АA 1234567)

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 5000 LevaPicture 1 of a sold 5000 Leva
Katz
Auction 81
Lot 1454
Internet Archive
29 Apr 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 33.45
(EUR 31.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5000 LevaPicture 1 of a sold 5000 Leva
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2041
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 19.43
(EUR 18.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 5000 LevaPicture 1 of a sold 5000 Leva
Katz
Auction 99
Lot 1650
Internet Archive
31 Oct 2023 Undetermined USD 135.98
(EUR 126.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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