| Issuer | Free Territory of Trieste - zone B |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | 500 Lira |
| Currency | |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 137 × 75 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Croatian state printer (Hrvatska državna tiskara, HDT), Zagreb, Croatia |
| Designer(s) | |
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| In circulation to | 5 July 1949 |
| Reference(s) | P#R7 |
| Obverse description | Green and yellow printing, framed with laurel leafs and berries. Denomination 500 in Yugoslav coat of arms with five-pointed star. |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 Lira/Lir/Lire Gospodarska banka za Istru Rijeku i Slovensko Primorje Gospodarska banka za Istro Reko in Slovensko Primorje Banca per l`Economica per l`Istria Fiume e il Littorale Sloveno 1945 (Translation: 500 Liras Economic bank for Istria Rijeka and Slovenian Coast 1945) |
| Reverse description | Main motive is a sailboat on the sea in a frame, with a partisan communist red five-pointed star on the sail. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 Lira/Lir/Lire Krivotvorenje se kažnjava po zakonu Ponarejanje se kaznuje po zakonu La legge punisce i falsificatori (Translation: 500 Liras Counterfeiting is punishable by law) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | This paper with watermark was a overplus left after WWII Croatia finish printed their 20 and 50 kuna 1944 |
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| Numisquare ID | 9829957630 |
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