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Country Greece
Authority Bank of Greece
Currency Drachma
Denomination 200,000,000
Issue Start Date 09/1944
This Notes Issue Date 05/10/1944
Type Normal
Material Paper
Width in mm 166
Height in mm 89
Comments When the Germans withdrew from Agrinio in 1944 Communist partisans moved in. The Bank of Greece then stopped consignments of cash to that area. To make up for the lack of cash the manager of the Agrinio branch of the Bank of Greece, George Fanos, filled in cheque books with amounts of 100, 200, 300, 500, 1,000 and 2,000 million drachmas and put them into circulation in lieu of banknotes. When the cheque books ran out he printed cheques with the relevant amounts.
Source John Minucos
BNI Banknote Id 64768

Catalog & Valuation Details

SourceCatalog # / ReferenceValueDate of ValueComments
12th Ed SCWPM General Issues P-0146    
Greek Paper Money, Vol.2 by Theodore Pitidis-Poutous 426    
Greece, 200,000,000 Drachma, P146, 426

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