25 Leva -  obverse

25 Leva -  reverse

Features

IssuerBulgaria 

PeriodPeople's Republic (1946-1990)

TypeStandard banknote

Year1951

Value25 Leva (25 BGM)

CurrencySecond lev (1952-1962)

CompositionPaper

Size145 × 76 mm

ShapeRectangular

Demonetized31 March 1962

Asymmetrical disposition, the coat of arms on the right, a portrait of Georgi Dimitrov on the left, a shield with the figure "25" on the wider white margin.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:

Двадесет и Пет Лева

Народна Република България

Translation:

Twenty Five Leva

People's Republic of Bulgaria

Reverse

A youth brigade installing rails in the middle.

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:

Двадесет и Пет Лева

Българска Народна Банка

Банкнотата е обеспечена с благородни метали и всички активи на банката

За подправка виновните се наказват по закона

Translation:

Twenty Five Leva

Bulgarian National Bank

The banknote is backed by precious metals and all the bank's assets

For forgery the guilty are punished according to the law

Watermark

Initials of Bulgarian National Bank in Cyrillic (БНБ) with hammer and sickle across banknote.

25 Leva -  obverse

Printer

Goznak (Гознак), Russia