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500 Drachmai Italian occupation
| Issuer | Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per la Grecia |
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| Year | 1941 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left centre, an intaglio vignette presents a classical bust in profile, generally identified as Augustus of the Prima Porta type, set within a guilloche-bordered frame. To the right, bilingual text in Italian and Greek designates the note as legal tender for the Ionian Islands, with the denomination rendered in both DRACME and ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ. A Greek key meander border frames the entire face, printed in rose-pink. |
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| Obverse lettering | BIGLIETTO A CORSO LEGALE PER LE ISOLE JONIE / ΧΑΡΤΟΝΟΜΙΣΜΑ ΕΧΟΝ ΝΟΜΙΜΟΝ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑΝ ΕΝ ΤΑΙΣ ΙΟΝΙΟΙΣ ΝΗΣΟΙΣ / DRACME 500 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ / IL TESORIERE |
| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette reproduces a classical bas-relief of two equestrian figures in vigorous motion, possibly the Dioscuri or cavalry warriors, printed in rose-pink. The composition is enclosed within a double guilloche border with the Greek key meander motif repeated on all four sides, and the denomination numeral 500 appears in each corner. |
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