50 Lepta

€2.00
IssuerGreece
Year1941
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value50 Lepta (0.50)
CurrencyFirst modern drachma (1832-1944)
CompositionPaper
Size69 × 34 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAspioti-ELKA (Ασπιώτη-ΕΛΚΑ), Athens, Greece (1940-1997)
No. printed30.04.1945.
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#316
Obverse descriptionWinged Victory of Samothrace at left, denomination at centre.
Reverse descriptionChurch of Panagia Kapnikarea at centre.
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Protection description
Obverse letteringΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ ΛΕΠΤΑ 50 ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ 18 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 1941 Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ
(Translation: Greek State Fifty lepta Payable on display In Athens on 18 June 1941)
Reverse letteringΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΙΚΏΝ ΔΙA`ΤΑΓΜΑ ΥΠ` ΑΡΙΘ 193 THΣ 17 IOYNIOY 1941 Η ΠΑΡΑΠΟΊΗΣΗΣ Η ΠΛΑΣΤΟΓΡΆΦΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΝ ΓΝΏΣΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΣΤΌΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΊΑ ΤΙΜΩΡΟΎΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΤΆ ΤΟΝ ΝΌΜΩΝ.
(Translation: Legislative Decree No. 193 of 17th June 1941 Counterfeiting and knowingly counterfeiting are punishable by law)
VariantsThere exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
Catalog ID4133889160
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