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| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 20 Drachmai |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 20 Β48 130445 20 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 6Η ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 1940 Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΟΝ ΝΟΜΟΣ 2155 ΤΗΣ 12η ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1939 ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ 20 20 (Translation: 20 Kingdom of Greece 20 B48 130445 (serial number) 20 Twenty drachmai Paid on demand In Athens on the 6th of April 1940 Minister of Finance (signature unknown) Law 2155, 12th of December 1939 Poseidon 20 20) |
| Reverse description | Indigo intaglio printing over a green underprint. A central vignette presents a view of the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, framed by a classical meander guilloche border. The printer's imprint appears at the lower margin, and denomination numerals are repeated in each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 20 Η ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ Η ΠΛΑΣΤΟΓΡΑΦΗΣΙΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΝ ΓΝΩΣΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΣΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑ ΤΙΜΩΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΝΟΜΟΝ 20 20 LEIPZIG - GIESECKE & DEVRIENT - BERLIN (Translation: 20 Kingdom of Greece 20 Counterfeiting, falsification, forgery, and knowingly circulating forged notes shall be punishable according to law Leipzig - Giesecke & Devrient - Berlin) |
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