Description and research notes
Issued 500 Denari from the 1996 National Bank series printed by De La Rue in London.
Design centers on the Golden Death Mask motif with a warm orange-lavender palette. Security features include watermark of the mask, microtext, embedded thread, see-through register, and a crisp intaglio key plate over offset underprint.
This issued piece is the endpoint of the 500 Denari production chain documented above: proof to specimen to final circulation form. It pairs with the 5000 Denari as the series' archeology-and-antiquity set.
Pick 17a.