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At a price of BGN 35-40, the only commemorative banknotes of BGN 20, issued in 2005, which have already ceased to be legal tender, are being sold, a check by “Telegraf” shows.
Offers are posted on classifieds platforms. The owners of the notes are trying to sell them to collectors who would count twice the face value of the twenty-note. The BNB itself also sells banknotes of this series at its cash desks. The price is BGN 31.20, it is clear from the website of the central bank.
A few days ago, the BNB recalled its decision, with which, as of February 1 this year, purple 20 BGN banknotes, issue 2005, cease to be legal tender. At the end of last year, the management board of the central bank decided to withdraw them from circulation. Thus, the purple commemorative twenties, which are rare, will no longer be able to be used for payment.
They will no longer be used for shopping in stores, nor can they be returned as change to customers. The only option for citizens to exchange their old banknotes and receive valid ones for payment is at the cash desks of the Bulgarian National Bank.
Money will be exchanged at face value, with no quantity limit, no fee, and no exchange deadline.
The commemorative 250,000 coin has a circulation of 250,000. Its design distinguishes it from the other BGN 20 banknotes with the image of Stefan Stambolov. The front side of the banknote depicts the symbols of the BNB: stylized elements of the BNB building, the emblem of the BNB and other multi-colored background networks with an appropriate structure, vignettes, rosettes, analogous to the banknotes of the first issues of the central bank.
On the reverse side of the banknote is a replica of the first Bulgarian banknote with a nominal value of 20 BGN, issued in 1885, the preserved old building of the BNB, a sculptural image of a seated female figure, used on the 1 and 2 BGN banknotes, issued in 1920, and the state coat of arms of the Principality of Bulgaria. The blue twenties with the image of Stefan Stambolov, which are in the millions and most common in our wallets, remain in circulation. They continue to be legal tender.
