| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1968 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Drachmai (500 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 158 × 74 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) | |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: L. Orphanos Reverse: G. Angelopoulos |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#197 |
| Obverse description | Olive on multicolor underprint. Eleusinian Relief with Demeter, Triptolemos and Persephone at center, denomination on multicolored guilloches at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ 1η ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1968 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ, ΤΡΙΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΣ, ΠΕΡΣΕΦΟΝΗ 500 Λ Ο (Translation: 500 Bank of Greece Five Hundred Drachmai Payable on appearance In Athens, 1st of November 1968 The manager (signature unknown) The governor (signature of Dimitrios Galanis) Demeter, Triptolemos, Persephone 500 L O) |
| Reverse description | Olive on multicolor underprint. Ancient plaque from Knossos depicting a wild goat and its kid at bottom left, fruits at bottom center. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 500 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ ΑΙΓΑΓΡΟΣ - ΚΝΩΣΟΣ Γ Α 500 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: 500 Bank of Greece 500 Five Hundred Drachmai Goat - Knossos G A 500 [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Ephebus of Antikythera. |
| Variants | |
| Numisquare ID | 9529612200 |
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