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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 382658, member: 12789&quot;]<img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/bulgaria/bulgaria50.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/bulgaria/bulgaria50dtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><b>Bulgaria gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1878 after a protracted struggle for self determination. Bulgaria was largely influenced by the nearby Russian Empire, and indeed for quite sometime it&#039;s paper money was remarkably similar to the Russian and then later USSR banknotes. The Bulgarian Lev had been re-denominated four times during the 20th century, most recently in 1999, when the old Lev was called in and exchanged at a rate of 1000 : 1. The new Lev was pegged to the German Mark, and has remained within a very narrow band ever since 1999. Bulgaria has entered the EU, and hopes to introduce the Euro beginning in 2012. When the currency was redenominated in 1999, a whole new series of banknotes was printed, and new lovely designs, drawing on historical themes, coupled with modern anti-counterfieting measures were released.</b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: left"><b>This 20 Leva note was released in 2005, it is in effect a commemorative note, for the 125th anniversary of the Bulgarian National Bank. Previously Bulgaria had issued paper money with females in the 1951 issue, but I believe they did not want the world to know what is really going on with Bulgarian ladies. Now seemingly they do. For the first time, they depict a woman on their banknote that is representative of what many Bulgarian women look like, attractive and stylish.</b></p> </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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