20 Drachmai

€2.00
IssuerGreece
Year1954
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value20 Drachmai (20 GRD)
CurrencyThird modern drachma (1954-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size150 × 80 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBanknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date)
No. printed12,175,000
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#187
Obverse descriptionBlue on multicolour underprint. Helmeted Athena at left, value and signatures at centre, watermark at right. Ancient Athenian tetradrachm at lower centre.
Reverse descriptionBlue on pale blue and pink underprint. Watermark window at left, Medusa and crowing rooster at centre, denomination at right.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionHead of Apollo.
Obverse lettering20 Α.10- 512 410 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Αʹ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ Πληρωτέαι ἐπί τῇ ἐμφανίσει ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ Τῌ 15η ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 1954 ΟΙ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΑΙ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ ΝΕΑ ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ Α.10- 512 410 20
Reverse letteringΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 20 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ 20 20 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
VariantsThere 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.
Catalog ID1995010160
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