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Notes in Circulation as of
1 LEV 1999
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The obverse of the banknote
shows a 1789 icon depicting of Sveti Ivan Rilski from the
Uspenie Bogorodichno (Assumption of Our Lady) Church in the
Pchelino Postnica (Hermitage) near the Rila Monastery.
Sveti Ivan Rilski (876 - 946)
Bulgaria adopted Christianity as a national religion in AD864,
and Ivan of Rila preached Christ's doctrine in mediaeval Bulgaria.
Canonised soon after his death, he became patron of the monastery
which emerged on the spot where he ended his earthly span.
Today the Rila Monastery, over a thousand years old, houses
the Saint's relics.
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The reverse of the banknote
shows the main Monastery church set off by the cloister's
open-air walkways.
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Background colour - red.
Paper - 100% cotton, in orange tones.
Dimensions - 112 x 60 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.
Microprint on the obverse
- to the left of the portrait there are alternating lines with
the texts: "ÈÂÀÍ ÐÈËÑÊÈ" (IVAN RILSKI) and "876 - 946";
the text "ËÅÂ" (LEV) in the right side of the element under
the denomination digit "1".
Microprint on the reverse
- the text "ÅÄÈÍ ËÅÂ ÐÈËÑÊÈ ÌÀÍÀÑÒÈÐ" (ONE LEV RILA
MONASTERY) appearing in the middle of the upper side of the banknote;
the text "ËÅÂ" (LEV) in the right side of the element under
the denomination digit "1".
The obverse of the banknote features the embossed
portrait, the texts "ÁÚËÃÀÐÑÊÀ ÍÀÐÎÄÍÀ ÁÀÍÊÀ",
"ÅÄÈÍ ËÅÂ" (BULGARIAN NATIONAL BANK, ONE LEV), the vignette,
and the digit of the denomination "1" on the anti-copy stripe.
Designation for blind people
- an embossed triangle pointed upwards and a circle underneath.
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