50 Drachmai

Descrizione del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del dritto	ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΗΚΟΝΤΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ. ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ 1 ΦΕΒΡΟΥΑΡΙΟΥ 1943 Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ ΟΙ ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΑΙ
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Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Firma/e	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
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Varianti	P#121a(1) - large serial # P#121a(2) - small serial #
Commenti	Greece in 1943 was under Axis occupation, and the Bank of Greece — nominally still functioning — was effectively compelled to issue currency to finance the occupying forces' expenses. The result was catastrophic inflation; by late 1944, denominations had reached the billions. This 50 Drachmai note was already economically trivial within months of issue, rendered worthless not by withdrawal but by hyperinflation that the IMF later estimated as one of the most severe in recorded history. The series was printed locally under constrained wartime conditions, which accounts for occasional inconsistencies in ink saturation found across surviving examples.