Catalog
100 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1966-1967 |
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| Size | 159 × 67 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red intaglio printing on multicolour underprint. A vignette of the statue of Democritus occupies the left portion of the face, with the denomination numeral centred, and a vignette of the National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' building together with an atomic orbit motif at right. The Bank of Greece title and denomination legend in Greek appear across the upper and lower registers. |
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| Reverse description | Red intaglio printing on multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents the neoclassical facade of the Academy of Athens, rendered in fine line engraving against a guilloche underprint. The Bank of Greece title, denomination in words and numerals, and the printer's imprint appear in the surrounding lettering field. |
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One of the few postwar Greek notes designed and engraved entirely in-house, this 100 Drachmai was produced at the state printing works in Holargos — the facility that Greece had built in part to reduce its long dependence on foreign security printers such as Bradbury Wilkinson and the American Bank Note Company. The division of labor between Velissaridis on the obverse and Stinis on the reverse is unusual and suggests the two sides were developed on something close to parallel tracks rather than as a unified commission.
The issue dates span 1966 and 1967, meaning some examples were signed and released after the April 1967 military coup that installed the junta of Georgios Papadopoulos.