| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Drachmai |
| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 185 × 85 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#114 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of helmeted Pallas Athena facing right at centre, denomination at sides. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΕ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 500 500 ΑΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: BANK OF GREECE 500 500 FIVE HUNDRED DRACHMAI AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY) |
| Reverse description | Minoan carving depicting a bull escaping from his catchers, a bull in a net and a running bull from one of the golden cups found in Vaphio dating 1450-1500 BC. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 500 ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: BANK OF GREECE 500 FIRST ISSUE AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY) |
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| Numisquare ID | 3897945540 |
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