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1000 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Designer(s) | Alexandros Koroyiannakis |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown intaglio on multicolour underprint. A vignette of Alexander the Great appears at left, with a central guilloche-framed scene of Hercules in combat occupying the middle register; a classical marble frieze runs along the lower border. The face value and issuer legends are rendered in Greek script, with the date of issue and governor's signature block at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown on pale yellow underprint. The central vignette reproduces the Alexander Mosaic — a celebrated Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii — portraying Alexander the Great mounted on his horse Bucephalus at the Battle of Issus. The denomination and issuer name appear in Greek script within the upper and lower borders, flanking the pictorial field. |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000 Η ΕΝ ΙΣΣΏ ΜΑΧΗ 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΙ 1000 ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: 1000 Bank of Greece 1000 The Battle of Issus 1000 One Thousand Drachmai 1000 Printing Works of the Bank of Greece) |
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