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Greek Banknotes 100 Drachma banknote 1918 National Bank of Greece
Obverse: Portrait of Georgios Stavros, first governor of the National Bank of Greece and Coat of arms of the Kingdom Greece.
Reverse: Parthenon and French title of the National Bank of Greece. It is the first time that the Parthenon becomes the sole subject of a vignette on a Greek banknote. The monument was rendered after the first restoration works of 1898-1902. The intervention was carried out on the entablature of the opisthodomos colonnade and the west front (August 1901-December 1902), namely the side from which the temple was depicted. The vignette’s engraver was Charles Skinner.
Printed by American Bank Note Company, New York.
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Parthenon
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron. Construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the zenith of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and western civilization, and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments.