5000 Drachmai

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IssuerGreece
Year1942
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value5000 Drachmai
CurrencyFirst modern drachma (1832-1944)
CompositionPaper
Size165 × 83 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)Alexandros Korogiannakis
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#119
Obverse descriptionBlack on blue, yellow & red underprint. Factory at lower left, Nike of Samothrace flanked by workers at centre, fisherman with boat and net at lower right. Columns of fruit at left and right.
Reverse descriptionBlack on yellow & blue underprint. Farmer sowing at foreground of centre, farmer using plough drawn by two horses at centre background. Value, wheat & grapes at left and right.
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Protection description
Obverse lettering5000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 5000 Βʹ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 20η ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 1942 Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ ΟΙ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΑΙ 5000 5000
(Translation: 5000 Bank of Greece 5000 Second issue Five thousand drachmai Payable on demand In Athens on the 20th of June 1942 The commander The directors 5000 5000)
Reverse lettering5000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 5000 ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ
(Translation: 5000 Bank of Greece 5000 Second issue)
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Catalog ID4096627250
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