20 Drachmai old lettering

€563.00
IssuerGreece
Year1976-1980
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value20 Drachmai (20 GRD)
CurrencyThird modern drachma (1954-2001)
CompositionCopper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight11 g
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness2.3 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)L. Orphanos
In circulation to28 February 2002
Reference(s) KM#120, Schön#63
Obverse descriptionThe Parthenon surrounded with the value and the country name
Obverse scriptGreek
Obverse letteringΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 20 1978
(Translation: Republic of Greece Drachmai)
Reverse descriptionThe portrait of Pericles (ca. 495 – 429 BC), a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens in the city`s Golden Age, facing left surrounded with his name in Greek (ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ)
Reverse scriptGreek
Reverse letteringΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ
(Translation: Pericles)
EdgeInscripted
Mint
Mintage1976  - Type A: triangle in the pediment - 53 167 500
1978  - Proof - 20 000
1978  - Type B: circle in the pediment - 65 353 000
1980  - Type B: circle in the pediment - 17 562 000
Catalog ID7013984060
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