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500 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1928 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΑΚΟΣΙΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ ΤΗ 12 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1926 Ο ΤΑΜΙΑΣ Ο ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ |
| Reverse description | Central scenic vignette of the Byzantine Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki (Άγιοι Απόστολοι Θεσσαλονίκης), rendered in a detailed intaglio landscape with arched portico in the foreground. Two large ancient griffin figures in intaglio stand guard at the far left and far right of the composition. A red letterpress overprint of 'ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ' appears in mirror image across the upper portion of the reverse, with the inscription 'ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΗ' on a panel at the lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΑΓΙΟΙ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΙ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΗ |
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