20 000 Drachmai large size, no date

Features

Issuer	Greece
Bank emisyjny	Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος
Król	George II (1922-1924, 1935-1947)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1946
Value	20 000 Drachmai (20 000 δρᾰχμαί) (20 000)
Currency	Second modern drachma (1944-1953)
Composition	Papier
Size	180 × 90 mm
Shape	Prostokątny
Issued	15 May 1946
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265099
References	P# 176 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Teal on multicolour underprint.
Helmeted Athena at left, value and signatures at centre, watermark at right. Ancient Athenian tetradrachm and eight palmettes at lower centre.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
20.000
Κ.04-388 810
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
Αʹ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ
Πληρωτέαι ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμφανίσει
ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ
Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ

Κ.04-388 810
20.000

Reverse

(en) Teal on gray and pale blue underprint.
Watermark window at left, Medusa and crowing rooster at centre, denomination at right.

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ
ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ

ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ

20.000 20.000

Watermark

Szef Apollo Automatically translated

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Comments

(en)

This note was printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., without imprint.

There are 8 palmettes at the bottom of the obverse, compared to 6 palmettes on later, smaller 20 000-drachma notes.

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Date	References		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (1946)	P# 176a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Issued note	100%
ND (1946)	P# 176s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	(en) Red overprint "SPECIMEN" over signatures, serial # Κ.01-000000	14%

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of 20 000 Drachmai (large size, no date)

Picture 2 of the example of 20 000 Drachmai (large size, no date)

Banknotes (24 & 25 August 2022), lot 634. AU.
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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions World Paper Money Weekly Online Auction 282040 Lot 86078	6 Oct 2020	ND (1946) – P# 176a – (en) Issued note	VF (PMG VF35 EPQ)	USD 312.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
© Heritage Auctions
	Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Auction 45 Lot 1706	9 Oct 2019	ND (1946) – P# 176s – (en) Red overprint "SPECIMEN" over signatures, serial # Κ.01-000000	AU (traces of glue)	USD 756.72 (EUR 650.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
	Katz Auction 159 Lot 1162	3 Jun 2025	Undetermined	F	USD 135.05 (EUR 116.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.