| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1955 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Drachmai (500 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 155 × 72 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date) |
| Designer(s) | Alexandros Koroyiannakis |
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| Reference(s) | P#193 |
| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. Portrait of Socrates at centre, value and signatures at right. |
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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. Apostle Paul speaking to assembly in Athens during the Areopagus sermon. Pillar with ancient inscription at lower left. |
| 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 The Unknown God 500 Five hundred drachmai 500 [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
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| Numisquare ID | 4152879180 |
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