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20 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Printer | Banknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date) |
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| 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. |
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| 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 | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΤΟ ΣΥΜΠΟΣΙΟΝ ΤΟΥ ΠΛΑΤΩΝΟΣ 20 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ 20 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: Bank of Greece The Symposion of Plato 20 Twenty Drachmai 20 [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
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