Catalog
| Issuer | Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia) |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 krooni EESTI PANK Sakala. CARL ROBERT JAKOBSON (1841–1882) PRESIDENT NŌUKOGU LIIGE 1991 |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a panoramic landscape vignette of the South Estonian countryside, rendered in muted tones, with forests, meadows, and a lake receding into the background. In the foreground, a barn swallow — the Estonian national bird — is shown in flight, its forked tail and characteristic plumage rendered with fine intaglio detail. The denomination 500 KROONI and the issuer name EESTI PANK are inscribed, accompanied by the Estonian word VIISSADA. |
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| Protection description | Watermark depicting three lions, visible when the note is held to light; the watermark is split across both edges of the note, with the head, forelegs, and body of the lions on one edge and the hind legs on the other. |
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