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Country Greece
Authority Bank of Greece
Currency Drachma
Denomination 25,000,000
Issue Start Date 27/09/1944
Issue End Date 02/11/1944
This Notes Issue Date 20/09/1944 (27/09/1944)
Type Normal
Material Paper
Width in mm 148
Height in mm 82
Comments These are treasury or promissory notes which were issued to alleviate the shortage of cash after the Germans left Kalamata on 17 September 1944. ELAS (Communist) partisans entered the town and issued these notes through the Kalamata branch of the Bank of Greece. They were backed by a pledge of the Bank of Greece that they could be exchanged for banknotes. This note is part of the first (A) series.
Source John Minucos
BNI Banknote Id 64796

Catalog & Valuation Details

SourceCatalog # / ReferenceValueDate of ValueComments
12th Ed SCWPM General Issues P-0157    
Greek Paper Money, Vol.2 by Theodore Pitidis-Poutous 415    
Greece, 25,000,000 Drachma, P157, 415

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