Third Hellenic Republic - 20 Drachmai 1976, Pericles

Issuer: Greece 
Period: Third Hellenic Republic (1974-Date)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1976 (1976-1980)
Value: 20 Drachmai (20)
Currency: Third modern drachma (1954-2001)    
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Mintage: 53,167,500
Grade: XF/AU
Weight: 11 g
Diameter: 29 mm
Thickness: 2.25 mm
Mint: Athens, Greece
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized: yes, 02-28-2002
References: KM# 120, Schön# 63

Obverse:
The portrait of Pericles (ca. 495 – 429 BC), a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens in the city's Golden Age, facing left surrounded with his name in Greek (ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ).

Script: Greek.

Lettering: ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ

Translation: Pericles

Engraver: L. Orphanos.

Reverse:
The Parthenon surrounded with the value and the country name.

Script: Greek.

Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ
20
19 76

Translation:
Republic of Greece
Drachmai
20
1976

Edge:
Inscripted:

Variations exist in orientation and alignment of edge inscription (whether the text is readable with obverse or reverse facing up).

Lettering: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ

Translation: Hellenic Republic

Mint:
The National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece (1972-date).

Riferimento : KM# 120, Schön# 63

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Collezione : Kingdom of Greece - Modern Greece