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10 Drachmes new lettering
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1982-2000 |
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| Value | 10 Drachmai (10 GRD) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylised Bohr atomic model, with three elliptical electron orbits and a nucleus rendered as a sunburst, occupying the upper portion of the field. The circular legend ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ (Hellenic Republic) runs along the rim. Below the atomic motif, the denomination 10 appears in large numerals flanked by the date, with the inscription ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ arching above the numeral. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ 10 1986 (Translation: HELLENIC REPUBLIC DRACHMES) |
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The shift to new lettering on this type reflects a broader standardization effort by the Bank of Greece in the early 1980s, aligning coin typography with modern Greek orthography following the official abolition of polytonic script in 1982 — the same year this variant entered circulation. Greece's switch to the monotonic system was a political as much as linguistic decision, pushed through by the PASOK government under Andreas Papandreou. The drachma itself would survive only another two decades before eurozone accession rendered the entire series obsolete in 2002.