1000 Drachmai

Issuer Greece
Year 1970
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1000 Drachmai (1000 GRD)
Currency Third modern drachma (1954-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 158 × 80 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) Yannis Stinis
Engraver(s) Obverse: Lambros Orfanos
Reverse: Georgios Angelopoulos
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#198
Obverse description Brown on multicolour underprint. Statue of Zeus (Artemision Bronze; statue in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens) at left, amphitheatre of Epidaurus at lower centre. Initials of engraver at lower centre.
Obverse lettering ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 1η ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1970 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΤΗΤΣ ΖΕΥΣ 1000 1000 Λ Ο
(Translation: Bank of Greece 1000 One Thousand Drachmai Payable on appearance In Athens, 1st of November 1970 The manager (signature unknown) The governor (signature of Dimitrios Galanis) Zeus 1000 1000 L O)
Reverse description Brown on multicolour underprint. Woman in local costume at left, view of Hydra Island at centre-right.
Reverse lettering ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΙ ΥΔΡΑ 1000 1000 Γ Α ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
(Translation: Bank of Greece 1000 1000 One Thousand Drachmai Hydra 1000 1000 G A [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece)
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