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20 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio printing over orange and indigo underprint. At left, a vignette of an ancient Greek coin bearing the image of Poseidon; the denomination 20 appears at centre in large numerals. Inscriptions in Greek identify the issuing authority as the Kingdom of Greece, with the date 6 April 1940 and reference to Law 2155 of 12 December 1939. |
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| Reverse description | Indigo intaglio printing over a green underprint. A central vignette presents a view of the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, framed by a classical meander guilloche border. The printer's imprint appears at the lower margin, and denomination numerals are repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 20 Η ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ Η ΠΛΑΣΤΟΓΡΑΦΗΣΙΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΝ ΓΝΩΣΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΣΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑ ΤΙΜΩΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΝΟΜΟΝ 20 20 LEIPZIG - GIESECKE & DEVRIENT - BERLIN (Translation: 20 Kingdom of Greece 20 Counterfeiting, falsification, forgery, and knowingly circulating forged notes shall be punishable according to law Leipzig - Giesecke & Devrient - Berlin) |
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