500 Drachmai 1932 Punch Holes 1941

€2.00
IssuerGreece
Year1941
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value500 Drachmai
CurrencyFirst modern drachma (1832-1944)
CompositionPaper
Size185 × 85 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
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Reference(s) P#114
Obverse descriptionPortrait of helmeted Pallas Athena facing right at centre, denomination at sides.
Reverse descriptionMinoan 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.
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Obverse letteringΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΕ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 500 500 ΑΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY
(Translation: BANK OF GREECE  500 500 FIVE HUNDRED DRACHMAI  AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY)
Reverse lettering500 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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Catalog ID3897945540
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