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500 000 000 Drachmai Patras
| Issuer | Bank of Greece (Patras Branch) |
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| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Large numeral '500' guilloche vignette at centre, printed in blue-grey tones, with the serial number in red at upper right. The heading 'ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ' appears at top with 'ΤΑΜΕΙΑΚΟΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΟΝ' below it, and the denomination in words 'ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΑ' runs along the lower border. Text blocks at left and right contain the note's redemption terms and branch authorisation, with the date '7 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1944' and reference to the Patras sub-branch, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΤΑΜΕΙΑΚΟΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΟΝ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΜΙΣΤΗΝ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΑ ΕΝ ΠΑΤΡΑΙΣ ΤΗ 7 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1944 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΥΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΜΑ ΠΑΤΡΩΝ Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ |
| Reverse description | Reverse entirely plain, printed on unadorned cream-coloured paper with no design elements, vignettes, or printed text, consistent with the emergency wartime issue character of this local treasury note. |
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