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Notes in Circulation as of
2 LEVS 1999
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An engraving of Pagisios of Chiliandar is the major item
on the obverse side. The
background depicts the Zografou Monastery on Mount Athos,
the Monastery Seal, and the interior of Pagisios' monastic
cell.
Pagisios of Chiliandar (1722 -
1773), the man who kindled the spark of the Bulgarian
National Revival, served in Holy Orders at the monastery of
Chiliandar on Mount Athos. He authored the "Historiae
Sclavo-Bulgaricus": the first work of modern Bulgarian
letters and harbinger of Bulgarians' spiritual emancipation
and national reawakening.
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The reverse side
shows a facsimile of the Zografou draft of the of the
"Historiae Sclavo-Bulgaricus" with a list of Bulgarian
rulers. This is overprinted with impressions of Tsar Kalogiannis
Ring Seal and three seals with the images of Bulgarian Sovereigns
Mihail Shishman, Svetoslav Terter and Tsar Ivan Asen II. The
right side shows Hristofor Zhefarovich's lion rampant with
the names of Bulgarian rulers from the First and Second Empires
overprinted in microscopic lettering, Bottom right appears
Bulgaria's Coat of Arms with three lions couchant, as published
in the Gruenberg Heraldic Compendium of 1483.
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Background colour - violet.
Paper - 100% cotton, in blue tones.
Dimensions - 116 x 64 mm.
Security Features
Anti-copy Stripe - a hologram
stripe consisting of rhomboid elements which change their colour
when seen from different angles.
Security Thread - a thread incorporated
in the banknote paper with initials "ÁÍÁ" (BNB) appearing
as a negative microprint.
Watermark - a half-tone silhouette
of a rampant lion.
Fluorescence - elements of the
pattern, serial numbers and fibres in the paper fluoresce under
UV light.
Transparent register element
- when the banknote is held against the light the digit "2"
is seen in a square checkered field.
Microprint on the obverse - to
the left of the portrait: the text "ÏÀÈÑÈÉ ÕÈËÅÍÄÀÐÑÊÈ"
(PAGISIOS OF CHILIANDAR);
text "2 ËÅÂÀ" (2 LEVS) printed within the boundaries of
the denomination digit "2"; vertical lines starting from
the digit "2".
Microprint on the reverse - The
image of the lion features the names of Bulgarian tsars "ÈÂÀÍ
ÀËÅÊÑÀÍÄÚÐ ÌÈÕÀÈË III ØÈØÌÀÍ" (IVAN ALEXANDER MIHAIL III SHISHMAN...).
The obverse of the banknote features the embossed
portrait, the texts "ÁÚËÃÀÐÑÊÀ ÍÀÐÎÄÍÀ ÁÀÍÊÀ",
"ÄÂÀ ËÅÂÀ" (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK, TWO LEVS), the vignette,
and the digit of the denomination "2" on the anti-copy
stripe.
Designation for blind people
- two embossed rectangles.
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1 EUR
1 USD
1 CHF
