Greek Currency 100 Drachmas banknote 1978 Piraeus Athena
Bank of Greece - Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος
Theme: Letters - Education and their contribution to the nation's independence.
Obverse: Piraeus Athena, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet, with Medusa's locks visible at her neck. On the bottom right, the original main building for the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, designed by Danish architect Hans Christian Hansen.
Signatures: Evangelos Devletoglou or Georgios Drakos (Members of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Greece) at left and Xenophon Zolotas (Governor of the Bank of Greece from 27 November 1974 to 29 October 1981) at right.
Reverse: Portrait of Adamantios Korais (1748-1833), a classical scholar and medical doctor who earned the title of "Teacher of the Greek Nation" for his role in the intellectual revival that took place in Greece before the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. On the bottom right, view of the Venetian baroque church at Moni Arkadiou - Arkadi Monastery on the island of Crete in Greece, a symbol of Greek independence from Turkey.
Dimensions: 158 x 67 mm.
Colouring: Light brown.
Paper security features:
Watermark: Head of Charioteer of Delphi (Heniokhos), commissioned by tyrant Polyzalus, Delphi Archaeological Museum.
Security thread. Randomly distributed security fibres.
Printer: Idryma Trapezis tis Ellados - The Banknote Printing Works of the Bank of Greece (IETA).
Date of issue: 8 December 1978.
On January 1, 2002, the Greek drachma was officially replaced as the circulating currency by the euro. Following the introduction of euro banknotes and coins, drachma notes and coins ceased to be legal tender on 28 February 2002. Drachma banknotes exchanged for euro at the Bank of Greece until 1st March 2012. The exchange rate was fixed at 340.75 drachmas to 1 euro.
100 Greek Drachmas: equivalent in Euro - 0.2935 Euro