10 000 Drachmai no date, large size, blue

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Reverse description	A standing draped female figure, rendered in classical Greek style, occupies the central vignette, flanked by two large circular guilloche rosettes. A frieze of horse-drawn chariot scenes runs along the lower margin. The bank title ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ is inscribed across the top, and the denomination ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΕΚΑ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ appears within the right-hand roundel.
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Protection description	Watermark visible in the blank areas of the note.
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Comments	Greece's postwar monetary situation was catastrophic. The occupation-era hyperinflation of 1941–44 had effectively annihilated the drachma, and the 1944 redenomination — at 50 billion old drachmai to one new — required an entirely new note series to be produced quickly. The American Bank Note Company had printed Greek currency before the war, and Athens turned to New York again precisely because domestic printing infrastructure was in no condition to meet demand. The no-date convention on this issue was deliberate: the series was intended to cover a transitional period of uncertain length, and omitting a date gave the Bank of Greece flexibility to keep notes in circulation without the political awkwardness of issuing visibly dated currency during an active civil war.