| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1956 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 1000 Drachmai (1000 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 158 × 81 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date) |
| Designer(s) | Alexandros Koroyiannakis |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#194 |
| Obverse description | Red-brown on multicolour underprint. Portrait of Alexander the Great at left, depiction of Hercules fighting at centre, marble frieze below. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 16η ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 1956 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Α Κ. ΜΕΓ. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ 1000 1000 (Translation: 1000 Bank of Greece 1000 One Thousand Drachmai Paid on appearance In Athens, 16th April 1956 MANAGER (signature unknown) CHIEF OFFICER (signature of Xenophon Zolotas) A. K. Alexander the Great 1000 1000) |
| Reverse description | Red-brown on pale yellow underprint. The Alexander Mosaic (a Roman mosaic located in Pompeii), depicting Alexander the Great on horseback in the Battle of Issus |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000 Η ΕΝ ΙΣΣΏ ΜΑΧΗ 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΙ 1000 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: 1000 Bank of Greece In the battle of Issus 1000 ONE THOUSAND DRACHMAI 1000 [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Head of Aphrodite |
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| Numisquare ID | 7706645340 |
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