The "new lettering" designation distinguishes this from the earlier KM#130 issue, where the Greek text was revised mid-series — a quiet administrative correction rather than a reissue prompted by any political event. These circulated heavily through the 1980s and 1990s alongside Greece's turbulent monetary negotiations leading up to euro convergence, ultimately rendered obsolete when the drachma was permanently replaced on 1 January 2002 after nearly 2,700 years of intermittent use as a monetary unit. The final drachma-era coins were demonetized with almost no transitional float period.
The "new lettering" designation distinguishes this from the earlier KM#130 issue, where the Greek text was revised mid-series — a quiet administrative correction rather than a reissue prompted by any political event. These circulated heavily through the 1980s and 1990s alongside Greece's turbulent monetary negotiations leading up to euro convergence, ultimately rendered obsolete when the drachma was permanently replaced on 1 January 2002 after nearly 2,700 years of intermittent use as a monetary unit. The final drachma-era coins were demonetized with almost no transitional float period.