5 Drachmai Regime of the Colonels

Greece's military junta, which seized power in April 1967, used coinage as a deliberate instrument of political legitimacy — replacing the kingdom's royal imagery after a manipulated 1973 referendum abolished the monarchy entirely. This piece belongs to the brief window between that referendum and the junta's collapse in July 1974, following the disastrous Cyprus intervention that brought down the regime within days.

The junta's coinage series was demonetized and largely pulled from circulation after the restoration of civilian government, which kept survival in worn grades relatively low.