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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1656085, member: 38692"]One more Greek before I hit you with more of my star pickups - this is a 1918 Greek one Drachma fractional, very hard to come by, actually designed and printed by Greeks themselves. On the front is Pericles, and on the back is a hippocamp and person, which also appears on the 1940's-1950's 5000 Drachma note, so I did some research (recognizing a hippocamp is proof positive the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual first edition was truly educational material) and found it is a representation of Thetis bringing her son Achilles his armor - a little Greek mythology for you there, and now I understand the back of BOTH notes. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/Greek1DF_zps16bd269c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/Greek1DB_zpsde606576.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 1656085, member: 38692"]One more Greek before I hit you with more of my star pickups - this is a 1918 Greek one Drachma fractional, very hard to come by, actually designed and printed by Greeks themselves. On the front is Pericles, and on the back is a hippocamp and person, which also appears on the 1940's-1950's 5000 Drachma note, so I did some research (recognizing a hippocamp is proof positive the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual first edition was truly educational material) and found it is a representation of Thetis bringing her son Achilles his armor - a little Greek mythology for you there, and now I understand the back of BOTH notes. [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/Greek1DF_zps16bd269c.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/Greek1DB_zpsde606576.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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