Greece 20 drachmai 1960 - Paul I

The coin's story

This 20 drachmas coin in 835 thousandths silver belongs to the series struck from 1960 to 1965 in the name of King Paul. He came to the throne on 1 April 1947, during the civil war, on the death of his brother George II, and reigned until his death at Tatoi Palace on 6 March 1964. The reverse shows the Nereid Thetis. Both sides are the work of the sculptor Vassos Phaliréas, who signs ΦΑΛΙΡΕΑϟ with an archaic angular S. The coin was struck at the Royal Mint in London, of the 20,000,000 pieces dated 1960, 1,432,614 were struck in 1960 and 18,567,386 in 1961. On the 1960 coins, the edge bears the legend and date in relief, placed exactly below the obverse date.