20 000 Drachmai small size, with date, blue, second issue

Features

Issuer	Greece
Bank emisyjny	Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος
Król	Paul (1947-1964)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1949
Value	20 000 Drachmai (20 000 δρᾰχμαί) (20 000)
Currency	Second modern drachma (1944-1953)
Composition	Papier
Size	150 × 80 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Issued	2 November 1950
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 215075
References	P# 183 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Kolor niebieski na wielokolorowym poddruku.
Atena w hełmie po lewej, nominał i podpisy pośrodku, znak wodny po prawej. Starożytna tetradrachma ateńska w dolnej środkowej części. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
20.000
Ζ.05- 394 820
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
Βʹ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ
Πληρωτέαι ἐπί τῇ ἐμφανίσει
ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ Τῌ 29η ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1949
ΟΙ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΑΙ
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ

Ζ.05- 394 820
20.000

Reverse

Kolor niebieski na jasnoniebieskim i różowym podkładzie.
Okno znaku wodnego po lewej, Meduza i pikujący kogut pośrodku, nominał po prawej. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ

20.000 20.000
ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

Watermark

Szef Apollo Automatically translated

Printer

Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion, Greece (1947-date)

Comments

(en)

This is the later version of the note, issued in 1949 with the date on the obverse, and "ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΑ" (second issue) on the reverse. It was issued earlier in 1947 (the same smaller size, but with no date and green in colour), and in 1946 (larger size, green).

This note has an embedded security thread.

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Date	VF	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1949-Dec-29	$ 35	P# 183a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Issued note	96%
1949-Dec-29		P# 183s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Red overprint "SPECIMEN"	4%

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Examples of the type

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Picture 2 of the example of 20 000 Drachmai (small size, with date, blue, second issue)

Postal & Live Internet Auction 686 (Part A), lot 06593. PCGS XF45.
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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 121 Lot 3720	18 Apr 2024	1949-Dec-29 – P# 183a – (en) Issued note	AU (listed as UNC in lot)	USD 135.05 (EUR 116.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
	Katz Auction 62 Lot 2974	21 Jun 2022	Undetermined	VF	USD 15.13 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.