Enlarge image
Catalogue information
LastDodo number
10270227
Area
Banknotes
Title
Greece 100
Country
Variety
Face value
Year
1944
Collection / Set
Designer
Obverse
Deidamia
Reverse
Dimensions
140 x 62
Krause Number
P# 135a.2
Details
N#209677 The 100-billion-drachma banknote was put in circulation on 3 November 1944. It is the largest denomination note ever to be issued in Greece. A galloping inflation resulted in the issue of many absurdly high denomination banknotes from 1941 to 1944. The banknote bears the signature of Xenophon Zolotas, Co-Governor of the Bank of Greece at the time. P#135a.1, with serial # prefix letters. 1944nov-03 P#135a.2, with serial # suffix letters. 1944Nov-03 P#135s, Specimen
This text has been translated automatically from Dutch
Click here for the original text
N#209677
The 100-billion-drachma banknote was put in circulation on 3 November 1944. It is the largest denomination note ever to be issued in Greece. A galloping inflation resulted in the issue of many absurdly high denomination banknotes from 1941 to 1944. The banknote bears the signature of Xenophon Zolotas, Co-Governor of the Bank of Greece at the time.
P#135a.1, with serial # prefix letters.
1944nov-03 P#135a.2, with serial # suffix letters.
1944nov-03 P#135s, Specimen