| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 Drachmai (500 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 158 × 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) | |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: I. Pipinis Reverse: E. Perraki |
| In circulation to | 31 March 2012 |
| Reference(s) | P#201 |
| Obverse description | Deep green on multicolour underprint. Ioannis Kapodistrias at left centre, his birthplace at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 500 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΕΣ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ 500 ΑΘΗΝΑ 1 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 1983 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Ι. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ 500 500 (Translation: Bank of Greece 500 Five hundred drachmes Paid on appearance 500 Athens, 1 February 1983 MANAGER (signature of Efst. Konidaris) GOVERNOR (signature of Gerrasimos Arsenis) I. Kapodistrias 500 500) |
| Reverse description | Deep green on multicolour underprint. Old Fortress of Corfu at centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 500 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΕΣ 500 ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: 500 Bank of Greece 500 FIVE HUNDRED DRACHMES 500 Kerkyra (Corfu) [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Charioteer Polyzalos of Delphi |
| Variants | |
| Numisquare ID | 4110163970 |
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