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Bulgaria banknotes
Bulgaria paper money catalog and Bulgarian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Turkish currency, till 1885
  • Lev = 100 Stotinka, 1882-1952
  • Lev = (100 old Lev) = 100 Stotinka, 1952-62
  • Lev = (10 old Lev) = 100 Stotinka, 1962-99
  • Lev = (German Mark = 0.51 Euro = 1.000 old Lev) = 100 Stotinka, from 1999

• For earlier issues see:
  • Turkey, till 1885
• Bulgarian currency was used:
  • Macedonia,1878-1913

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Pick #	Date
		Kingdom
A1-A3	1887	20, 50, 100 Leva
A4-A5	(1890)	5, 10 Leva
A6-A8	(1899)	5, 10, 50 Leva
1-6	(1904-9)	5, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500 Leva silver
7-12	(1904-7)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 Leva gold
13	1916	1.000 Leva
14-20	(1916)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Leva
21-24	(1917)	5, 10, 20, 50 Leva
25	(1917)	100 Leva
26	(1918)	1.000 Leva
26A-B	1917	1.000, 10.000 Leva; State treasury Bonds
26C-E	1919.10.25	2.000, 5.000, 10.000 Leva; Cashier's Bonds
26F-I	1919.12.25	2.000, 5.000, 10.000 Leva; Cashier's Bonds
27-29	1919	500, 5.000, 10.000 Leva; State treasury Bonds
30-31	(1920)	1, 2 Leva
33	(1920)	1.000 Leva
33A	1922	20.000, 50.000, 100.000 Leva; internal payment checks
34-40	1922	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 Leva
41	1924	5.000 Leva
42-43	(1942)	1.000, 1.000 Leva
45-49	1925	50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 Leva
49A	(1928)	20 Leva
50-54	1929	200, 250, 500, 1.000, 5.000 Leva
55-57	1938	500, 1.000, 5.000 Leva
58-59	1940	500, 1.000 Leva
60-62	1942	500, 1.000, 5.000 Leva
63-67	1943	20, 200, 250, 500, 1.000 Leva
67G-J	1943	1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 5.000 Leva; short term Treasury certificate
67K-N	1944	1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 5.000 Leva; short term Treasury certificate
67O-P	1945	1.000, 5.000 Leva; short term Treasury certificate
67Q-R	1946	1.000, 5.000 Leva; short term Treasury certificate
		Russian occupation
68-73	1944-5	20, 200, 250, 500, 1.000, 5.000 Leva
		Republic
74-78	1947-8	20, 200, 250, 500, 1.000 Leva
79	1950	20 Leva
80-87A	1947-50	1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500 Leva; unissued
88-92	1962	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 Leva
93-97	1974	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 Leva
98	1990	50 Leva
100-105	1991-97	20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 Leva
106-9	1994-6	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 Leva
111	1997	5.000 Leva
112-3	1997	10.000, 50.000 Leva
114-120	1999-	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Leva
121	2005	20 Leva; commemorative "120 Years of Leva Currency 1885-2005"

		Foreign Exchange Certificates
FX-NL	1965	1 Leva; Balkan Turist
FX1-7	1966	10, 50 Stotinki, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Leva; Balkan Turist
FX-NL	1971	1, 2, 5, 10 Leva; Balkan Turist
FX15-21	1975	0.10, 0.50, 1, 2, 5, 10 Leva; Balkan Turist
NL	1988	0.10, 0.50, 1, 2, 5, 10 Leva; Balkan Turist
FX8-14	(1965-70)	1/2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 Leva; Corecom; valid only 1 year
FX22-28	1977-8	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Leva; Corecom
FX29-35	1981	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Leva; Bulgarian National Bank
FX36-42	1986	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Leva; Bulgarian National Bank