Commemorative coins of 1940 were minted to celebrate the five years of the restored Greek monarchy under King George II.
In 1970 the Greek junta regime issued a number of commemorative coins with the coup d'état of 1967 as a topic.
The coins issued in 1979 celebrating Greece's entry into the European Economic Community were the first ones to feature the modern version of the Greek plural δραχμές instead of δραχμαί.
An unusual anniversary, 2500 years of democracy, counting from Cleisthenes' democratic constitution of Athens of 508 BCE, was celebrated with two commemorative drachma coins in 1993.
Released for the upcoming 2004 XXVIII Olympic games to be held in Athens, these six 500 drachmas coins were produced in copper-nickel.