| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 50 Drachmai (50 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 142 × 64 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date) |
| Designer(s) | Yannis Stinis |
| Engraver(s) | Lambros Orfanos |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#195 |
| Obverse description | Blue on multicolor underprint. Head of nymph Arethusa at left, galley at bottom right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ 50 ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 1η ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1964 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ ΑΡΕΘΟΥΣΑ Λ Ο (Translation: 50 Bank of Greece 50 FIFTY DRACHMAI Paid on appearance 50 In Athens, 1st October 1964 MANAGER (signature unknown) CHIEF OFFICER (signature of Xenophon Zolotas) Arethusa L O) |
| Reverse description | Blue on multicolour underprint. Composition of an old and a modern shipyard. |
| Reverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ 50 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: Bank of Greece 50 50 Fifty Drachmai 50 [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Head of the Antikythera Ephebe. |
| Variants | There exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint ""in silver"" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000. |
| Numisquare ID | 8201250180 |
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