50 Drachmai

50 Drachmai - obverse50 Drachmai - reverse

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Features

Issuer Greece
Issuing bank Bank of Greece (Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
King Constantine II (1964-1973)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1964
Value 50 Drachmai (50 GRD)
Currency Third modern drachma (1954-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 142 × 64 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Intaglio
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
208042
References P# 195
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

Blue on multicolor underprint. Head of nymph Arethusa at left, galley at bottom right.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
50 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ
ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ

50

ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ. 1η ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1964
Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ
ΑΡΕΘΟΥΣΑ
Λ Ο

Translation:
50 Bank of Greece 50
FIFTY DRACHMAI
Paid on appearance

50

In Athens, 1st October 1964
MANAGER (signature unknown)
CHIEF OFFICER (signature of Xenophon Zolotas)
Arethusa
L O

Engraver: Lambros Orfanos

Designer: Yannis Stinis

Reverse

Blue on multicolour underprint. Composition of an old and a modern shipyard.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50

50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ 50
ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

Translation:
Bank of Greece 50

50 Fifty Drachmai 50
[Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece

Engraver: Lambros Orfanos

Designer: Yannis Stinis

Watermark

Head of the Antikythera Ephebe.

50 Drachmai -  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)

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1964-Oct-01  432 000 000 $ 0.54 $ 1.10 $ 1.10 $ 1.30 $ 3.60 $ 4.50 97% P#195a: issued note
1964-Oct-01  0.4% P#195r: replacement, prefix 00Α
1964-Oct-01  0% P#195s: specimen

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Picture 1 of a sold 50 DrachmaiPicture 1 of a sold 50 Drachmai
Katz
Auction 91
Lot 461
Internet Archive
8 Aug 2023 Undetermined VF USD 5.39
(EUR 5.00)
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