| Issuer | Greece |
| Year | 1932 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| 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#102 |
| Obverse description | Portrait of helmeted Pallas Athena facing right at centre, denomination at sides. |
| 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. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 500
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
Αʹ Αʹ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ
ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ Τῌ 1 ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1932
Ο ΤΑΜΙΑΣ
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ
Ο ΓΕΝΙΚΟΣ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΣ
500 500
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: 500 500 Bank of Greece First [issue] Fifty drachmai Paid on appearance Athens, 1 October 1932 Treasurer (signature unknown) Governor (signature of Emmanuel Tsouderos) Secretary General (signature of D. Nomikos) 500 500) |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
500
500 500
ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: 500 000 Bank of Greece 500 500 500 First issue) |
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| Catalog ID | 5708477440 |
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