Greek Fifty Drachmai

Banknote

Oklahoma National Guard Museum

Name/Title

Greek Fifty Drachmai

Entry/Object ID

1979.001.017

Description

Greek Fifty Drachmai, Accession number written on reverse in lower right corner.

Collection

Banknotes

Made/Created

Bureau

Thomas De La Rue & Co

Date made

1941

Time Period

20th Century

Place of Origin

Country

Greece

Region

Southeast Europe

Continent

Europe

Quantity Produced

20000000

Banknote Details

Banknote Type

Issued Note

Currency

Greek Drachma

Denomination

Issuing Authority

Bank of Greece

Production Dates

1941

Serial Number

791786

Obverse

Description

Head of Hesiod at left, White Tower of Thessaloniki at lower center, sailing boat at lower right.

Transcription

ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ Τη. 1η ΙΑΝΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 1941 Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ

Translation

Bank of Greece 50 50 Fifty Drachmai Paid on appearance Athens on the 1st of January 1941 GOVERNOR (signature of Kyriakos Varvaresos) MANAGER (signature of Andreas Papadimitriou)

Reverse

Description

Marble bas-relief of Poseidon, Apollo and Artemis in the meeting of gods, from the east frieze of Parthenon in Athens.

Transcription

50 50 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΤΡΙΤΗ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ

Translation

50 50 Bank of Greece Third issue Fifty Drachmai

Security Features

Type

Watermark

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Obverse

Transcription

Kyriakos Varvaresos

Language

Greek

Notes

Governor

Type

Signature

Location

Obverse

Transcription

Andreas Papadimitriou

Language

Greek

Notes

Manager

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Pick Number

Other Number

168

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

2-13/16 in

Length

5-13/16 in

Composition

Material

Paper

Web Links and URLs

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