| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 50 Drachmai (50 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 144 × 64 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Banknote and Currency Printing Office (Ίδρυμα Εκτυπώσεως Τραπεζογραμματίων και Αξιών / Idryma Ektiposeos Trapezogrammation kai Axion), Holargos, Greece (1947-date) |
| Designer(s) | Yannis Stinis |
| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Lambros Orfanos Reverse: Vassilis Sabatakos |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | P#199 |
| Obverse description | Blue on multicolour underprint. Head of Poseidon, the Ancient Greek god of the sea and storms at left; trident and design of an ancient frieze at bottom-right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ Τῌ 8η ΔΕΚΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1978 Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Λ Ο ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝ (Translation: Bank of Greece 50 Fifty Drachmai Paid on appearance In Athens, 8th of December 1978 The manager (signature of N. Christofilis) The governor (signature of Xenophon Zolotas) L O Poseidon) |
| Reverse description | Blue on multicolour underprint. Laskarina Bouboulina, a hero of the war of independence of 1821, ordering her cannons to fire at the fortress of Palamidi. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ 50 50 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ (Translation: 50 Bank of Greece 50 50 Fifty Drachmai [Printing] Works of the Bank of Greece) |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Head of the Charioteer Polyzalos of Delphi |
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| Numisquare ID | 3563571540 |
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