50 000 Leva

50 000 Leva - obverse50 000 Leva - reverse

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Features

Issuer Bulgaria
Issuing bank Bulgarian National Bank (Българска народна банка)
Period Republic (1990-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1997
Value 50 000 Leva (50 000 BGL)
Currency Third lev (1962-1999)
Composition Paper
Size 120 × 66 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 31 December 1999
Number
N#
202301
References P# 113
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

The sculpture of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in front of the National Library in Sofia, a hologram stripe with the initials ‘БНБ’ (BNB).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
Българска Народна Банка
Петдесет Хиляди Лева

Translation:
Bulgarian National Bank
Fifty Thousand Leva

Designer: Kiril Gogov

Reverse

Archtectural elements of ancient Bulgarian capitals (Pliska, Preslav)
A facsimile of the "Historiae Sclavo-Bulgaricus".

Script: Cyrillic

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

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

Designer: Kiril Gogov

Watermark

A rampant lion

Printer

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1997  Photo $ 45 100% P#113a
1997  0% P#113s1 - Specimen (AA 0000000)
1997  0% P#113s2 - Specimen (AA 1234567)

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 50 000 LevaPicture 1 of a sold 50 000 Leva
Katz
Auction 102
Lot 1878
Internet Archive
28 Nov 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 123.95
(EUR 115.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 50 000 LevaPicture 1 of a sold 50 000 Leva
Katz
Auction 102
Lot 1879
Internet Archive
28 Nov 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 73.29
(EUR 68.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 50 000 LevaPicture 1 of a sold 50 000 Leva
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2046
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 64.67
(EUR 60.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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