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500 Denari
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia |
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| Year | 2003-2014 |
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| Value | 500 Denars (500 денари) |
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| Obverse description | The right half of the note is dominated by a large intaglio-printed vignette of the golden funeral mask from Trebenište (6th century BC), rendered in fine line engraving against a teal-blue guilloche background, with the vertical inscription ЗЛАТНА ПОСМРТНА МАСКА - ТРЕБЕНИШТЕ 6 ВЕК П.Н.Е. along the right margin. The left and centre fields carry a vivid orange and red geometric underprint overlaid with the large numeral '500' in purple, alongside smaller vignettes of archaeological artefacts from the same find. The national coat of arms appears in the upper left, with the issuer name НАРОДНА БАНКА НА РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА in Cyrillic along the lower centre, date and Governor's signature at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is centred on a large, boldly rendered intaglio vignette of an opium poppy bloom (Papaver somniferum) in deep crimson, occupying the left and central fields against an orange and peach guilloche underprint, with additional botanical linework of poppy plants and seed pods extending to the right. The denomination numeral '500' appears in large white outline figures at centre-right, accompanied by the vertical marginal inscription ЦВЕТ - АФИОН - МАКЕДОНИЈА. The national coat of arms in full colour is placed at the upper right, with the issuer name in red Cyrillic along the top and ПЕТСТОТИНИ ДЕНАРИ in blue along the lower left. |
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The 500 Denari is among the higher denominations in Macedonian circulation, a market where cash transactions at that value remain common enough to keep these notes working hard. Two printers sharing production of a single denomination across a series run is not unusual for small central banks managing cost and capacity, but it does mean that subtle differences in paper stock and ink saturation exist between TDLR and Oberthur printings — worth noting for anyone building a complete type collection rather than a circulated example.
Macedonia adopted the Denar in 1992 following dissolution of Yugoslavia, replacing the transitional Macedonian Denar at par in 1993.