2 Drachmai old lettering

Features

Issuer	Greece
Period	Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1976-1980
Value	2 Drachmai (2 GRD)
Currency	Third modern drachma (1954-2001)
Composition	Nickel brass (79% Copper, 20% Zinc, 1% Nickel)
Weight	6 g
Diameter	24 mm
Thickness	1.95 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	28 February 2002
Number	N# 548
References	KM# 117 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 60 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Two crossed rifles with branch, denomination and date below

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ
19 2 76

Translation:
Hellenic Republic
Drachmai

Engravers: Nikos Perantinos, Lambros Orfanos

Reverse

The portrait in left profile of Georgios Karaiskakis (1782-1827), a famous Greek klepht, armatolos, military commander, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΚΑΡΑΙΣΚΑΚΗΣ

Translation: Georgios Karaiskakis

Engravers: Nikos Perantinos, Lambros Orfanos

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1976	92 401 000	$ 0.13	$ 0.13	$ 0.14	$ 0.27	$ 0.31	$ 0.58	$ 0.82		68%
1978	16 772 000	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.27	$ 0.39	$ 1.20		57%
1978	20 000							$ 2.90	Proof	1.4%
1980	45 955 000	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.20	$ 0.46	$ 1.20	$ 1.20		33%

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