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20 Drachmai old lettering
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1976-1980 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a bold left-facing bust of Pericles, the celebrated Athenian statesman, rendered in high relief after the famous marble bust attributed to Kresilas. He is depicted helmeted, with the visor raised above the forehead, his curly beard and hair rendered with fine detailing. The legend ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ (Pericles) is inscribed in old-style Greek lettering along the upper left field. The bust occupies the majority of the coin's surface, set against a plain field with no exergue. |
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| Mintage | 1976 - Type A: triangle in the pediment - 53,167,500 1978 - Proof - 20,000 1978 - Type B: circle in the pediment - 65,353,000 1980 - Type B: circle in the pediment - 17,562,000 |
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Greece introduced this denomination in 1973 under the military junta, but the "old lettering" variety — using the traditional polytonic Greek script — persisted through the transitional democratic period until monotonic orthography was officially mandated for state use in 1982. The distinction between old and new lettering types on circulating coinage directly mirrors the broader cultural argument over script reform that divided Greek academics and politicians for decades.