Catalog
500 Drachmai
| Issuer | National Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1872-1886 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Georgios Stavros at upper centre, the national arms at upper left, and an allegorical female figure at lower right, all set within an intricate guilloche border typical of American Bank Note Company intaglio work. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by three large guilloche rosette medallions arranged horizontally, each bearing the numeral 500 in elaborate lathe-work engraving, with the French-language bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DE GRÈCE arching across the upper centre and the denomination 500 FRANCS set within a central oval cartouche flanked by wheat-ear vignettes. An inverted lilac underprint of the numeral 500 occupies the lower centre as a security element, and the imprint of the American Bank Note Company, New York appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Underprint |
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