Coin: 5 drachmai

Museum number:
7-6372
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070006372
Accession number:
Acc.3389
Object count:
1
Donor:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Collection place:
Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek
Collector:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Drachma-based coins
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
In 1974, the rule of the military dictatorship in Greece was abolished, and a new series of coins was issued to supplant those of the dictators. The current set (7-6370 to 7-6375), all dated 1976, exemplifies the new coin types.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Coin: 5 drachmai, accession number 7-6372, no description available.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Coin: 5 drachmai, accession number 7-6372, no description available.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Coin: 5 drachmai, accession number 7-6372, no description available.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Coin: 5 drachmai, accession number 7-6372, no description available.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: 5 drachmai, accession number 7-6372, no description available.

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