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Valued Member
United States
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I picked this up today in a lot with other foreign notes that I could ID...I'm not good with languages that I don't know unfortunately. I can usually make out a word or two and look it up from there, but any of them that I try from this one is just hitting a dead end. Any help, even with just the country of origin would be great! Thanks!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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national republic of Bulgaria thats what I could read.
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Poland
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Yup, it's the People's Republic of Bulgaria. I see these quite often.
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Valued Member
 United States
293 Posts |
Thanks guys! Very helpful...I had absolutely no idea. I figured it was Eastern European of some sort just because of the text...was kind of hoping for Czech or something close because that's where my ancestors are from, but for a couple of quarters I'm not going to complain :) It's a colorful, interesting looking note that I didn't have before today. Thanks for your help IDing it!
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Canada
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The whole 1951 set is easily obtainable in uncirculated condition for a small price -- I can even remember when they were giving out the 3 Leva note as a premium in cereal, back in the early 70s.
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Valued Member
United States
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WpgLwr: Wow! I've seen a lot of prizes in cereal, but I don't know if I've ever seen them just pack in money!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Actually, I recall two occasions when this was done up here, first in the early 70s in Muffets  which also around the same time had a promo where they gave away small packets of Stamps for collectors, and a wide range of Post cereals around 1991, where one could get notes such as the smaller Indonesian 1965 issue and the 1953 Chinese fen issues. Along with the Bulgarian 1951 3 Lev, I also pulled from Muffets the small pink Laos 1958 5 Kip issue. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Is it just me, or is that a drag queen on the back of this note?  "That's a man, baby!" |
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United States
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The whole 1951 set is easily obtainable in uncirculated condition for a small price -- I can even remember when they were giving out the 3 Leva note as a premium in cereal, back in the early 70s. Actually, the 1 lev note of this series is often overlooked, and missing from many collections. Although not actually "rare", it is seldom seen offered.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Holy cow, you're right...I don't have one of those...and don't really recall ever seeing one. "Overlooked" is right.
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Valued Member
United States
293 Posts |
That 1 lev note is pretty nice...I definitely wouldn't mind picking one up if I ever run across one.
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Posted 10/24/2009 2:12 pm
