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500 000 Drachmai Agricultural Treasury Bond

Issuer Bank of Greece
Year 1942
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Currency First modern drachma (1832-1944)
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in olive-brown and yellow tones on cream paper, with an ornate guilloche border framing the entire face. At the top, the issuer's name appears in a rectangular panel, below which the legend ΤΑΜΕΙΑΚΟΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΟΝ (Treasury Bond) is set in large bold lettering. The large denomination numeral 500,000 is centered within a sunburst underprint, flanked by additional text specifying the bond's purpose for the concentration of agricultural products, with the date EN ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ 27 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1942 and two manuscript signatures of the issuing officials appearing in the lower portion.
Obverse lettering ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΤΑΜΕΙΑΚΟΝ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΟΝ
ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΜΙΣΤΗΝ
ΔΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΣΥΓΚΕΝΤΡΩΣΙΝ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΡΟΤΙΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΙΟΝΤΩΝ
500,000
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ
ΟΙ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΑΙ
ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ 27 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1942
Reverse description The reverse is printed entirely in olive-green tones and consists of an elaborate geometric guilloche pattern filling the central field, with the large bold numeral 500.000 set within a decorative cartouche at center. The words ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ are repeated in a continuous legend along all four outer border bands, interspersed with rosette ornaments at the corners, giving the reverse a purely typographic and lathe-work design with no pictorial vignette.
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