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| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΔΙΑΚΟΣΙΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΕΣ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ ΑΘΗΝΑ 2 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1996 200 Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ ΟΠΟΙΟΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΑ ΣΥΛΛΟΓΑΤΑΙ ΚΑΛΑ ΡΗΓΑΣ ΒΕΛΕΣΤΙΝΛΗΣ-ΦΕΡΑΙΟΣ 1821 200 200 (Translation: Bank of Greece Two hundred drachmes Payable on demand Athens, 2 September 1996 200 Governor (signature of Lukas Papadimos) Manager (signature of Konstantinos Argyropoulos) "The one who thinks freely, thinks well" Rigas Velestinlis-Feraios 1821 200 200) |
| Reverse description | Orange intaglio print over a multicolour guilloche underprint. The central vignette reproduces "The Secret School" (Το Κρυφό Σχολειό), the celebrated oil painting by Nikolaos Gyzis, in which a Greek Orthodox priest secretly instructs children by candlelight during the Ottoman period. Denomination numerals appear at left and right, with the issuer's name in Greek lettering across the upper register. |
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| Protection description | Head of King Philip II of Macedonia |
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