| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 5000 Drachmai (5000 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 147 × 74 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) | Obverse: Nikos Nikolaou Reverse: Pericles Sotiriou |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: G. Angelopoulos Reverse: E. Perraki |
| In circulation to | 1 March 2012 |
| Reference(s) | P#205 |
| Obverse description | Dark blue on multicolour underprint. Portrait of Theodoros Kolokotronis (hero of freedom) at left, Church of Agioi Apostoloi in Kalamata at lower-right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 5000 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΕΣ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ ΑΘΗΝΑ 1 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 1997 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Θ. ΚΟΛΟΚΟΤΡΩΝΗΣ ΑΓΙΟΙ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΙ ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑΣ 5000 (Translation: 5000 Bank of Greece 5000 Five Thousand Drachmes Paid on appearance Athens, 1 June 1997 MANAGER (signature of Vasiladiotis) GOVERNOR (signature of Lukas Papadimos) T. Kolokotronis Agioi Apostoloi (Holy Apostolate) church of Kalamata 5000) |
| Reverse description | Dark blue on multicolour underprint. View of a bridge leading to the town of Karytaina in the distance. |
| Reverse lettering | 5000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 5000 ΚΑΡΥΤΑΙΝΑ 5000 ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: 5000 Bank of Greece 5000 Karytaina 5000 Five Thousand Drachmes [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Head of Philip II of Macedon and a palmette. |
| Variants | |
| Numisquare ID | 6181310270 |
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