1000 Drachmes

1000 Drachmes - obverse1000 Drachmes - reverse

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Features

Issuer Greece
Issuing bank Bank of Greece (Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
Period Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1987
Value 1000 Drachmai (1000 GRD)
Currency Third modern drachma (1954-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 158 × 77 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Intaglio
Demonetized 1 March 2002
Number
N#
203471
References P# 202
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Brown on multicolour underprint.
Bust of Apollon of Olympia. On the bottom left centre, Ancient Greek silver coin, Tetradrachm from Olympia, Elis (Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus & Reverse: Eagle standing right on Ionic capital).

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000
ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΧΙΛΙΕΣ
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΕΣ ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ
ΑΘΗΝΑ 1 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 1987
Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ

Γ Α
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
1000 1000

Translation:
Bank of Greece 1000
One thousand drachmes
Paid on appearance
Athens, 1 July 1987
Manager (signature of Charal. Skouras)
Governor (signature of Dimitrios Chalikias)

G A
Apollon of Olympia
1000 1000

Engraver: Georgios Angelopoulos

Reverse

Brown on multicolour underprint.
Discobolus (discus thrower) by Myron of Eleutherae at left, Temple of Hera at Ancient Olympia at centre.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
1000 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 1000

ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ ΧΙΛΙΕΣ
ΝΑΟΣ ΗΡΑΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ
Ε Π

ΔΙΣΚΟΒΟΛΟΣ ΜΥΡΩΝΟΣ
Ι Π
1000
ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

Translation:
1000 Bank of Greece 1000

One Thousand Drachmes
Temple of Hera, Olympia
E P

Discobolus of Myron
I P
1000
[Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece

Engravers: Ioannis Pipinis, Eleonora Perraki-Pipinis

Designer: Nikos Nikolaou

Watermark

Charioteer Polyzalos of Delphi

1000 Drachmes -  obverse

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Printer

Banknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date)

Comments


This note includes a vertical security strip approx 34mm from the left edge (viewed on obverse).

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Date G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1987-Jul-01  $ 0.65 $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 1.20 $ 2.40 $ 2.60 $ 5.30 96% P#202a: issued note
1987-Jul-01  0.2% P#202r: replacement note, prefix 00Α
1987-Jul-01  0% P#202s: specimen, serial # 00Α 000000, red overprint

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1000 DrachmesPicture 1 of a sold 1000 Drachmes
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 2269
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 17.24
(EUR 16.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1000 DrachmesPicture 1 of a sold 1000 Drachmes
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 2039
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 11.85
(EUR 11.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1000 DrachmesPicture 1 of a sold 1000 Drachmes
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2250
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 Undetermined UNC USD 5.39
(EUR 5.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 1000 DrachmesPicture 1 of a sold 1000 Drachmes
Katz
Auction 81
Lot 1566
Internet Archive
29 Apr 2023 Undetermined AU USD 11.85
(EUR 11.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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