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(1878-1946)  (1946-1989)  (1990-) |
| Principality and Kingdom of Bulgaria (1878-1946) |  |
First  Lev (1881-1952) = 100 Stotinka |
| [-] 1878-1908 Principality of Bulgaria |  |
18995 |   | # 85    | |||
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1899 10 |   | # 85 | |||
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1885 20 |   | # 69 | |||
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1899 50 |   | # 150 x  97 | |||
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1885 100 |   | # 98 | |||
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1903 5 |   | # 128 x 85 | |||
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1903 10 Leva Srebro
|    | #3c 140 x 90 | |||
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1903 50 |   | # 160 x 103 | |||
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1903 100 |   | # 175 x 112 | |||
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1903 500 |   | # 186 x 119 | |||
1903 20 Leva Zlato
|   | #9e 158 x 98 | |||
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1903a 50 |   | # 172 x 109 | |||
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1903a 100 |   | # 188 x 116 | |||
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1903a 500 |   | # 203 x 128 |
| [-] 1908-1946 Kingdom of Bulgaria | |
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1910 5 Leva Srebro
|   | #2c 86 |
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| [-] 1916 ND Gold Issue | |
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1916 20 Leva Zlato
|   | #18a 100 | |||
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1916 50 |   | # 110 | |||
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1916 100 Leva Zlato
|   | #20b 120 |
| [-] 1916 ND Silver Issue | |
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1916s 1 Leva Srebro
|   | #14b 60 | |||
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1916s 2 Leva Srebro
|   | #15b 70 | |||
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1916s 5 Leva Srebro
|   | #16a 85 | |||
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1916s 10 Leva Srebro
|   | #17a 90 |
| [-] 1917 ND Issue | |
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1917 5 Leva Srebarni
|   | #21a 85 | |||
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1917 10 Leva Zlatni N: Diff: Different Arms
|   | #22a 92 | |||
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1919 10 |   | #22b 92 | |||
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1917 20 Leva Zlatni
|   | #23a 100 | |||
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1917 50 Leva Zlatni
|   | #24b 110 | |||
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1917 100 Leva Zlatni  Harvester woman with a sheaf of Wheat
|   | #25a 117 |
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| [-] 1920 Issue | |
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1920 1 Lev Srebro Allegorical woman  Old Bulgarian National Bank building in Sofia
|   | #30b 54 | |||
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1920 2 Leva Srebro Allegorical woman National Assembly building in Sofia
|   | #30b 60 |
| [-] 1922 Issue, 1924 Issue | |
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1922 5 Leva Beehives
|   | #34a 65 | |||
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1922 10 Leva Village woman feeding birds
|   | #35a 70 | |||
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1922 20 Leva Reapers
|   | #36a 75 | |||
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1922 50 Leva Shepherd and herd
|   | #37a 90 | |||
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1922 100 |   | # 94 | |||
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1922 500 |   | # 100 | |||
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1922 1,000 |   | # 69 | |||
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1924 5,000 |   | # 69 |
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| [-] 1925 Issue | |
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1925 50 Leva Tsar Boris III 'Harvest' painting by Ivan Angelov
|   | #45a 80 | |||
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1925 100 Leva Tsar Boris III 'Farmers on the Market of Sofia' painting by Anton Mitov
|   | #46a 85 | |||
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1925 500 Leva Tsar Boris III 'Ploughman' painting by Jaroslav Věšín
|   | #47a 85 | |||
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1925 1,000 Leva Tsar Boris III 'Allegory of Abundance' painting by Ivan Mrkvička
|   | #48a 85 | |||
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1925 5,000 |   | # 85 |
| [-] 1928 Issue | |
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1928 20 |   | # 75 |
| [-] 1929 Issue | |
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1929 200 Leva Tsar Boris III 'Father Paisii' painting by Ivan Mrkvička
|   | #50a 86 | |||
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1929 250 Leva Tsar Boris III Veliko Tarnovo
|   | #51a 87 | |||
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1929 500 Leva Tsar Boris III Iskar's Gorge
|   | #52a 89 | |||
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1929 1,000 Leva Tsar Boris III One of Seven Rila lakes
|   | #53a 184 x 92 | |||
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1929 5,000 |   | # 104 |
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| [-] 1938 Issue | |
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1938 500 Leva Tsar Boris III Sheaf of Wheat,  sickle
|    | #55a 90 | |||
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1938 1,000 Leva Tsar Boris III Flowers, Grapes
|   | #56a 93 | |||
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1938 5,000 |   | #57a 106 |
| [-] 1940 Issue | |
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1940 500 Leva Tsar Boris III Port of Varna
|   | #58a 90 | |||
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1940 1,000 Leva Tsar Boris III Farmer ploughing with Oxen
|   | #59a 92 |
| [-] 1942 Issue | |
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1942 500 Leva Tsar Boris III Evdokia Kovacheva
|   | #60a 90 | |||
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1942 1,000 Leva Tsar Boris III 'Rila Monastery' engraving by Vasil Zahariev of Rilski Monastery
|   | #61a 94 | |||
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1942 5,000 |   | #62a 104 |
| [-] 1943 Issue | |
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1943 20 Leva
|   | #63b 60 | |||
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1943 200 Leva Tsar Simeon II Veliko Tarnovo
|   | #64a 75 | |||
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1943 250 Leva Tsar Simeon II 'Ploughman' painting by Jaroslav Věšín
|   | #65a 78 | |||
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1943 500 Leva Tsar Simeon II Shepherd with herd
|   | #66a 81 | |||
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1943 1,000 |   | # 85 | |||
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1943 5,000 |   | # 87 |
| Socialistic Bulgaria (1946-1989) |  |
| [-] 1944 - 1945 Issue | |
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1944 20 Leva
|   | #68b 50 | |||
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1945 200 Leva
|   | #69b 76 | |||
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1945 250 Leva
|   | #70b 78 | |||
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1945 500 Leva
|   | #71a 81 | |||
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1945 1,000 Leva
|   | #72a 92 | |||
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1945 5,000 |   | # 105 |
| [-] 1947 - 1948, 1950 Issue Issue | |
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1947 20 Leva  National Bank building in Sofia
|   | #74a 47 | |||
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1950 20 Leva National Bank building in Sofia
|   | #79a 47 | |||
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1948 200 Leva Miner
|   | #75a 65 | |||
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1948 250 Leva Winterthur 2-8-2 locomotive with train, Junkers Ju 52 airplane, truck
|   | #76a 68 | |||
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1948 500 Leva Tobacco harvest
|   | #77a 80 | |||
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1948 1,000 |   | #78a 80 |
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| Second Lev (1952-1962) = 100 Stotinka |
| [-] 1951 Issue | |
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1951 1 Lev Star, hands holding hammer and sickle
|   | #80a 55 | |||
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1951 3 Leva Star, hands holding hammer and sickle
|   | #81a 60 | |||
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1951 5 Leva Star, hands holding hammer and sickle
|   | #82a 64 | |||
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1951 10 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Lanz Bulldog tractor
|   | #83a 70 | |||
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1951 25 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Railroad construction
|   | #84a 76 | |||
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1951 50 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Roses harvest
|   | #85a 81 | |||
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1951 100 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Grape harvest
|   | #86a 85 | |||
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1951 200 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Tobacco harvest
|   | #87a 90 | |||
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1951 500 Leva Georgi Dimitrov 'Beli Iskar' dam
|   | #87 A 95 |
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| Third Lev (1962-1999) = 100 Stotinka |
| [-] 1962 Issue, 1974 Issue, 1989; 1990 Issues | |
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1962 1 Lev Monument at Shipka peak
|   | #88a 54 | |||
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1974 1 Lev Monument at Shipka peak
|   | #93b 54 | |||
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1962 2 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Grapes pickers
|   | #89a 55 | |||
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1974 2 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Grapes pickers
|   | #94b 55 | |||
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1962 5 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Zlatni Pyasatsi resort near Varna
|   | #90a 60 | |||
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1974 5 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Zlatni Pyasatsi resort near Varna
|   | #95b 60 | |||
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1962 10 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Chemical plant near Devnya
|   | #91a 63 | |||
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1974 10 Leva Georgi Dimitrov Chemical plant near Devnya
|   | #96b 63 | |||
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1962 20 Leva Georgi Dimitrov 'Maritsa Iztok' power plant
|   | #92a 65 | |||
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1974 20 Leva Georgi Dimitrov 'Maritsa Iztok' power plant
|   | #97b 65 | |||
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1990 50 Leva Tsarevets Fortress in Veliko Tarnovo
|   | #98a 70 | |||
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1990 100 |   | #99 70 |
| Modern Bulgaria (1990-) |  |
| [-] 1991-1997 Issue | |
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1991 20 Leva Desislava Sevastokratoritsa Ktitoritsa Boyana Church
|   | #100a 59 | |||
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1992 50 Leva Hristo G. Danov; Old printing press Printing press
|   | #101a 62 | |||
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1993 100 Leva Zahari Zograf; Rilski Monastery 'Wheel of Life' by Zahari Zograf on Preobrazhenski Monastery near Veliko Tarnovo
|   | #102b 65 | |||
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1992 200 Leva Ivan Vazov; Old Sopot; Books and quill Silver Lyra
|   | #103a 68 | |||
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1993 500 Leva  Dobri Hristov; Tuba; Clarinet Opera House in Varna, Seagulls
|   | #104a 71 | |||
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1994 1,000 Leva I: 1994,1996 Vasil Levski; 'Svobodna Bulgaria' by Georgi Danchov; seal Monument of Levski in Sofia; his Pledge; Gasser M1870 pistol, dagger and cross over the Bible
|   | #105a 74 | |||
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1996 1,000 Leva Vasil Levski; 'Svobodna Bulgaria' by Georgi Danchov; seal Monument of Levski in Sofia; his Pledge; Gasser M1870 pistol, dagger and cross over the Bible
|   | #106a 74 | |||
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1996 2,000 Leva I: 1994,1996 Kolyu Ficheto; Hadji Nikoli inn and St.St. Konstantin and Elena church in Veliko Tarnovo; arms Church of the Holy Trinity in Svishtov and his Bridge in Byala
|   | #107b 77 | |||
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1996 5,000 Leva Zahari Stoyanov; his ' Notes on Bulgarian Uprisings'; quill Monument of Unification in Plovdiv; his Call for Unification; seal
|   | #108a 81 | |||
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1997 5,000 Leva Zahari Stoyanov; his ' Notes on Bulgarian Uprisings'; quill Monument of Unification in Plovdiv; his Call for Unification; seal
|   | #111a 81 | |||
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1996 10,000 Leva Vladimir Dimitrov; National Academy of Arts in Sofia, palette and brushes; his autograph Sketches; 'Girl Among Apples' by him
|   | #109a 81 | |||
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1997 10,000 Leva Petar Beron; globe; Illustration of whale, Illustration of rhinoceros from his 'Riben Bukvar' Telescope, Astrolabe, Moon phases; Earth; Saturn
|   | #112a 62 | |||
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1997 50,000 Leva Monument of Cyril and Methodius by Vladimir Ginovski at National Library in Sofia; Glagolitic and Cyrillic symbols Column and Round church in Preslav; ' Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya'; Pliska Rosette from Pliska
|   | #113a 65 |
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| Fourth Lev (1999-date) = 100 Stotinka |
| [-] 1999 - 2020 Issue | |
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1999 1 Lev St. Ivan Rilski Rilski Monastery
|   | #114a 60 | |||
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2005 2 Leva I: 1999,2005 Paisiy Hilendarski; Zograf Monastery; his chamber; his seal; monastery seal; his manuscript 'Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya'; Tsar Kaloyan ring; Mihail III Shishman seal; Svetoslav Terter seal; Ivan Asen II seal; Zefarovic Lion Arms; Emperor arms from 1483; Arms
|   | #115b 64 | |||
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2009 5 Leva I: 1999,2009 N: TIAVW no security strip Ivan Milev; fragments from ' Art and the Thorn Wreath', 'Naturmort', exhibition poster monogram; letter fragment Fragments from 'Mother', 'Harvester', 'Dragon Wedding'
|   | #116b 68 | |||
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2020 5 Leva Ivan Milev; fragments from ' Art and the Thorn Wreath', 'Naturmort', exhibition poster monogram; letter fragment Fragments from 'Mother', 'Harvester', 'Dragon Wedding'
|   | #116c 68 | |||
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2008 10 Leva I: 1999,2008 Petar Beron; his autograph; globe; Illustration of whale, Illustration of rhinoceros from his 'Riben Bukvar' Telescope, Astrolabe, Moon phases; Earth; Saturn
|   | #117b 70 | |||
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2020 10 Leva Petar Beron; his autograph; globe; Illustration of whale, Illustration of rhinoceros from his 'Riben Bukvar' Telescope, Astrolabe, Moon phases; Earth; Saturn
|   | #117c 70 | |||
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2007 20 Leva I: 1999,2007 Stefan Stambolov; his 'Songs and Poems'; 'Unity' seal; signature; 'To my comrades' poem Lions' Bridge lion; Eagles' Bridge column, his manuscript; Winged wheel; National Assembly building in Sofia
|   | #118b 73 | |||
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2020 20 Leva Stefan Stambolov; his 'Songs and Poems'; 'Unity' seal; signature; 'To my comrades' poem Lions' Bridge lion; Eagles' Bridge column, his manuscript; Winged wheel; National Assembly building in Sofia
|   | #118c 73 | |||
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2006 50 Leva I: 1999,2006 Pencho Slaveykov; National Theater; Old National Library in Sofia; carriage Mara Belcheva; part of At Oborishte; Illustrations from 'Epic Songs'; manuscript from 'Dream for Happiness'
|   | #119b 76 | |||
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2019 50 Leva Pencho Slaveykov; National Theater; Old National Library in Sofia; carriage Mara Belcheva; part of At Oborishte; Illustrations from 'Epic Songs'; manuscript from 'Dream for Happiness'
|   | #119c 76 | |||
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2003 100 Leva Aleko Konstantinov; Edelweiss; 'To Chicago and Back'; tourists; invitation Aleko Konstantinov, 'Bay Ganyo'; watch; book; 'Aleko' in Cyrillic
|   | #120a 80 | |||
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2018 100 Leva Aleko Konstantinov; Edelweiss; 'To Chicago and Back'; tourists; invitation Aleko Konstantinov, 'Bay Ganyo'; watch; book; 'Aleko' in Cyrillic
|   | #120b 80 |
| [-] 2005 "120 Years Leva Currency" Commemorative Issue | |
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2005 20 Leva N: Banknote image on a banknote National Bank building and facade fragments; Sculpture of St. Nicholas by Lyubomir Dalchev; arms Old Bulgarian National Bank; First Bulgarian Banknote; Woman on 2 leva from 1920; bank arms
|   | #121a 74 |
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