2 000 000 000 Drachmai

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IssuerGreece
Year1944
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value2 000 000 000 Drachmai (2 000 000 000)
CurrencyFirst modern drachma (1832-1944)
CompositionPaper
Size140 × 63 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed30.04.1945.
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#133
Obverse descriptionParthenon frieze: Part of the Panathenaic procession: men with sacrificial cattle
Reverse descriptionDecorative framing, guilloche patterns and rosettes
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse letteringΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 2000 ΔΥΟ ΧΙΛΙΑΔΕΣ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ Τῌ 11η ΟΚΤΩΒΡΙΟΥ 1944
(Translation: Bank of Greece  Drachmai 2000 Two thousand million  Payable on appearance In Athens on October 11th, 1944)
Reverse letteringΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 2000 ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΑ ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ
(Translation: Bank of Greece  2000 million drachmai  First edition)
VariantsThere exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
Catalog ID5452763770
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