|
Country
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Greece |
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Authority
|
Bank of Greece |
|
Currency
|
Drachma |
|
Denomination
|
50 |
|
Issue Start Date
|
25/04/1941 |
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Issue End Date
|
01/04/1942 |
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Type
|
Normal |
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Material
|
Paper |
|
Width in mm
|
149 |
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Height in mm
|
72 |
|
Comments
|
When the Germans invaded Greece in April 1941 there arose a severe shortage of cash. The Bank of Greece met this shortage by reissuing old banknotes which had been cancelled and were awaiting destruction. These notes all have six cancellation holes (although there were apparently some variations) and are stamped AKYRON (CANCELLED). In many cases they also bear a stamp denoting the town in which they were cancelled. Notes without such a stamp are thought to have been cancelled in Athens. These notes are normally in poor condition, which is the reason they had been cancelled.
This particular note is a reissue of P97
|
|
Source
|
John Minucos |
|
BNI Banknote Id
|
68597 |
| Source | Catalog # / Reference | Value | Date of Value | Comments | | 10th Ed SCWPM General Issues | P-0112 v1 | | | |
| Catalogue of Greek Paper Money 1822-2002 by Evangelos Fysikas | 201a | | | |
| Greek Paper Money, Vol.2 by Theodore Pitidis-Poutous | 111 | | | |
Greece, 50 Drachma, P112 v1, 201a, 111
