| Issuer | Greece |
| Year | 1940 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Value | 20 Drachmai |
| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 108 × 60 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#315 |
| Obverse description | Green on orange and indigo underprint. Ancient coin with Poseidon at left, denomination at centre. |
| Reverse description | Indigo on green underprint. View of the Parthenon in Athens at centre, with meander motif border. |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 20
Β48 130445
20
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ
ΕΝ ΑΘΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 6Η ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 1940
Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΝ
ΝΟΜΟΣ 2155 ΤΗΣ 12η ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1939
ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ
20 20 (Translation: 20 Kingdom of Greece 20 B48 130445 (serial number) 20 Twenty drachmai Paid on demand In Athens on the 6th of April 1940 Minister of Finance (signature unknown) Law 2155, 12th of December 1939 Poseidon 20 20) |
| 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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| Catalog ID | 9889991320 |
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