1000 Drachmes

Features

Issuer	Greece
Issuing bank	Bank of Greece (Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
Period	Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1987
Value	1000 Drachmai (1000 GRD)
Currency	Third modern drachma (1954-2001)
Composition	Paper
Size	158 × 77 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Technique	Intaglio
Issued	1 August 1988
Demonetized	1 March 2002
Number	N# 203471
References	P# 202 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: Bank of Greece: issue of 1978-1997

Obverse

Brown on multicolour underprint.
Bank name and face value at left, bust of Apollon of Olympia at centre, window for watermark at right. Ancient Greek silver stater coin from Olympia, Elis at lower left.

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 of Delphi, dedicated to Polyzalos.

Printer

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

Comments

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

The coin on the obverse depicts a laureate head of Zeus on the obverse, and an eagle facing right standing on an Ionic capital on the reverse.

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Date	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1987-Jul-01	$ 0.64	$ 1.10	$ 1.20	$ 1.30	$ 2.40	$ 2.90	$ 5.80	P# 202a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Issued note	94%
1987-Jul-01								P# 202r Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Replacement note, prefix 00Α	0.19%
1987-Jul-01								P# 202s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen, serial # 00Α 000000, red overprint	0.06%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Auction 58 Lot 1251	19 Feb 2024	1987-Jul-01 – P# 202r – Replacement note, prefix 00Α	VF	The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 149 Lot 5737	8 Feb 2025	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 145 Lot 2122	29 Nov 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 17.41 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 127 Lot 1618	1 Jun 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 104 Lot 1592	19 Dec 2023	Undetermined	UNC	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 71 Lot 2269	30 Nov 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 18.57 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 68 Lot 2039	8 Oct 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 12.77 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 59 Lot 2250	23 Apr 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 121 Lot 3723	18 Apr 2024	Undetermined	AU	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 81 Lot 1566	29 Apr 2023	Undetermined	AU	USD 12.77 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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