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Nominal value Date of Issue
1 lev 1999
2 levs 1999
5 levs 1999
10 levs 1999
20 levs 1999
50 levs 1999
Nominal value Date of Issue
1 stotinka 1999
2 stotinkas 1999
5 stotinkas 1999
10 stotinkas 1999
20 stotinkas 1999
50 stotinkas 1999
1 stotinka 2000
2 stotinkas 2000
5 stotinkas 2000
1 lev 2002
Source: BNB Bulgarian National Bank

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Currency code: Levs(BGN)
EUR 1 EUR 1.95583
USD 1 USD 1.71039
USD 1 CHF 1.299900

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BLABT 19.00
BTH 24.80 +2.39%

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Home » BULGARIAN NOTE 10 levs

Notes in Circulation as of 1 LEV 1999


1 lev

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.


1 lev

The reverse of the banknote shows the main Monastery church set off by the cloister's open-air walkways.

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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