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Country Greece
Authority Bank of Greece
Currency Drachma
Denomination 5,000
Issue Start Date 25/04/1941
Issue End Date 01/04/1942
Type Normal
Material Paper
Width in mm 201
Height in mm 98
Comments 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 normally 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 P103
Source John Minucos
BNI Banknote Id 68604

Catalog & Valuation Details

SourceCatalog # / ReferenceValueDate of ValueComments
10th Ed SCWPM General Issues P-0115A   Rare. 
Catalogue of Greek Paper Money 1822-2002 by Evangelos Fysikas 201h    
Greek Paper Money, Vol.2 by Theodore Pitidis-Poutous 115    
Greece, 5,000 Drachma, P115A, 201h, 115

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