Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
|---|---|
| Year | 1955 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Blue intaglio on multicoloured underprint. A vignette portrait of the ancient Greek philosopher Democritos appears at left, with the denomination numeral and two facsimile signatures at centre; a relief vignette of soldiers and horses occupies the right portion of the note. The date of issue, 1 March 1955, is inscribed in Greek alongside the issuing authority name. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Blue on pale yellow underprint. The central vignette reproduces a classical scene from Plato's Symposium, rendered in a detailed engraved style with multiple figures in an antique interior setting. The issuing bank's name and the printing works inscription appear in Greek lettering within the surrounding border. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Head of Apollo |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments | Log in to see details |