Product Description
B230 (P121): 20 лева (levs) (US$12) - UNCDate: 2005 - Sig. 21: Iskrov/Tzvetkov. - Prefix AA.
Colour: Purple, blue, and pink. Front: Bulgarian text; architectural elements from the Bulgarian National Bank building in Sofia; statue of Saint Nikola; shields with vignettes from earlier banknote issues.
Back: Bulgarian text; old Bulgarian National Bank building in Sofia; seated woman holding shield vignette from 1920 banknote issues; replica of 20-lev note of 1885; coat of arms. varifeye thread.
Windowed security thread with demetalized БHБ 20.
Watermark: Rampant lion with electrotype БHБ.
Printer: (Giesecke & Devrient). - Size: 134 x 74 mm. - Material: Paper.
Source: The Banknotebook.
General information: 2005 Commemorative Issues
This 20-lev note was the first banknote to use Giesecke & Devrient’s varifeye, a wide security thread that incorporates a plastic covered window in a paper substrate.
Only 250,000 notes were issued 15 on September 2005, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the first Bulgarian banknote. The banknote was designed by Kiril Gogov.
