HomeFleur-de-coin.comGreek eurosMintmarks FESGreek currency20 drachmas Greek 20 drachma coins The name drachma is derived from the verb dratto ("to grasp"), as initially a drachma was a fistful (a "grasp") of six oboloi (metal sticks), which were used as a form of currency as early as 1100 BC. The 5th century BC Athenian tetradrachmon ("four drachmae") coin was the most widely used coin in the Greek world prior to the time of Alexander the Great. After Alexander the Great's conquests, the name drachma was used in many of the Hellenistic kingdoms in the Middle East, including the Ptolemaic kingdom in Alexandria. The Arabic unit of currency known as dirham known from pre-Islamic times and afterwards, inherited its name from the drachma; the dirham is still the name of the official currencies of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. The Armenian dram also derives its name from the drachma. The following 20 drachma coins have circulated in Greece until the introduction of the Common European Currency on January 1, 2002: Results 1 - 10 of 17Page 12View All 20 drachmas - Dionysious Solomous Dionisios Solomos encouraged the nation emerging from Turkish bondage and his fine Hymn to Liberty (1823), written at the age of 25, became the national anthem of Greece. He was born in Zakinthos in 1978, which, by a quirk of history, was at that time a British Protectorate. His father, Count Salomon, was English and Solomos himself held a British Passport. ... Krause - Mishler #154 Diameter 24.5 mm Thickness 1.8 mm Weight 7 gr Composition Copper 92%, Alumnium 6%, Nickel 2% Edge Milled Year Mintage Price Shop 2000 - Uncirculated Unknown € 1.26 Buy 1998 - Uncirculated Unknown € 1.62 Buy 1994 - Uncirculated Unknown € 6.08 Buy 1992 - Uncirculated Unknown € 1.68 Buy 1990 - Uncirculated Unknown € 2.10 Buy 20 drachmas - Pericles Pericles (495 bC - 429 bC) was an Athenian statesman, so influential in Athenian history that the period of his power is called the Age of Pericles. Under Pericles' leadership Athens became a great center of literature and art. The supremacy of Athens aroused the jealousy of the other Greek city-states, especially of Sparta, long the bitter rival of ... Krause - Mishler #133 Diameter 29 mm Weight 11.15 gr Composition Copper 92%, Alumnium 6%, Nickel 2% Edge Lettered (Hellenic Republic) Other information Engravers: Th. Papagiannis, L. Orfanos Year Mintage Price Shop 1988 - Uncirculated Unknown - View 1986 - Uncirculated 10,553,000 pieces € 5.13 Buy 1984 - Uncirculated 16,196,000 pieces - View 1982 - Uncirculated 24,299,000 pieces € 3.85 Buy 20 drachmas - Pericles Pericles (495 bC - 429 bC) was an Athenian statesman, so influential in Athenian history that the period of his power is called the Age of Pericles. Under Pericles' leadership Athens became a great center of literature and art. The supremacy of Athens aroused the jealousy of the other Greek city-states, especially of Sparta, long the bitter rival of ... Krause - Mishler #120 Diameter 29 mm Weight 11.15 gr Composition Copper 92%, Alumnium 6%, Nickel 2% Edge Lettered (Hellenic Republic) Other information Engravers: Th. Papagiannis, L. Orfanos Year Mintage Price Shop 1980 - Uncirculated Unknown - View Results 1 - 10 of 17Page 12View All Greek Drachma Coins 1000 drachmas 500 drachmas 250 drachmas 100 drachmas 50 drachmas 30 drachmas 20 drachmas 10 drachmas 5 drachmas 2 drachmas 1 drachma 50 lepta 20 lepta 10 lepta 5 lepta