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25 000 000 Drachmai
| Emittente | Bank of Greece |
|---|---|
| Anno | 1944 |
| Tipo | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Valuta | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Composizione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Dimensioni | 141 × 61 mm |
| Forma | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Stampatore | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Disegnatore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Incisore/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| In circolazione fino al | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Riferimento/i | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del dritto | Green note with a fine guilloche underprint framing the central design. The large numeral "25" is set at centre within an ornate vignette, flanked on either side by intaglio representations of ancient Greek coins — the left bearing a male portrait and the right an animal motif. The bank title "ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ" is inscribed at top, with the denomination in words "ΕΙΚΟΣΙ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΑ" below the central numeral, and two facsimile signatures at the foot alongside the payment clause. |
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| Legenda del dritto | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione del rovescio | Uniformly green note with an elaborate guilloche border composed of floral and scroll ornaments enclosing two vertical decorative panels at left and right, each containing the numeral "25". A large lightly-printed "25" guilloche watermark-style figure occupies the central field, overlaid by the bold inscription "ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΑ" in the centre. "ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ" appears at the top and "ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ" in a cartouche at the foot. |
| Legenda del rovescio | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Firma/e | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Tipo di protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Descrizione della protezione | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Varianti | Accedi per vedere i dettagli |
| Commenti |
Greece's wartime hyperinflation was among the most severe in recorded monetary history. By late 1944, the occupying Axis forces had extracted enormous sums through forced loans from the Bank of Greece, effectively printing the country into collapse — the drachma lost virtually all value before liberation. This 25,000,000 drachmai note was issued during that terminal phase, when denominations were escalating week by week simply to keep pace with prices.
The Bank of Greece Printing Works produced the note domestically under extraordinarily constrained conditions. The entire series would be rendered worthless and replaced by the "new drachma" at 50,000,000,000 old drachmai to one — arguably the most extreme redenomination ratio in European history.