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500 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1955 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ Τῌ 8η ΑΥΓΟΥΣΤΟΥ 1955 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Α Κ. ΣΩΚΡΑΤΗΣ 500 500 (Translation: Bank of Greece Five hundred drachmai Paid on appearance In Athens, 8th of August of 1955 The manager (signature) The governor (signature of Xenophon Zolotas) A. K. Socrates 500 500) |
| Reverse description | Green on pale yellow underprint. A central scene portrays the Apostle Paul delivering his Areopagus sermon before an assembled crowd in Athens, executed in engraved intaglio. A pillar bearing an ancient inscription reading ΤΩ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΩ ΘΕΩ (To the Unknown God) is visible at lower left, with denomination numerals and issuer legends framing the composition. |
| Reverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΠ ΠΑΥΛΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΡΕΙΟΝ ΠΑΓΟΝ ΤΩ ΑΓΝΩΣΤΩ. ΘΕΟ 500 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ 500 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: Bank of Greece Sermon of Apostle Paul on the Areopagus To the Unknown God 500 Five hundred drachmai 500 Printing Works of the Bank of Greece) |
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