FRACTIONAL NOTESWhen the state wasn't able to cut coins it printed these small notes calling fractional notes. This happened four times in Greece 1917-1925, 1940-1941, 1944-1945 and early 1950's. There was also a case in late of 19th century but those notes were issued by private banks. In all other cases we can see that the issued authority is the Kingdom of Greece, "Βασίλειον της Ελλάδος". In the 1941 fractional notes the authority isn't the kingdom but the Greek state because in that year the Germans occupied Greece and the King left from Greece.  |
Pick # |
Date |
Value |
Face View |
Back View |
Comments |
P-301 |
21/12/1885 (1917) |
1 dr |
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Red overprint on the 1 and 2 drachmas of National Bank of 1885 (B' type): "Law 991 of 1917". These were provisional issues until the notes of Bradbury Wilkinson circulated later. |
P-302 |
21/12/1885 (1917) |
2 dr |
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P-308 |
27/10/1917 (1918) |
1 dr |
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Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson. |
P-310 |
27/10/1917 (1918) |
2 dr |
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P-305 |
ND (1918) |
1 dr |
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Printed by the Aspioti brothers in Corfu. |
P-307 |
ND (1918) |
2 dr |
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P-312 |
14/6/1918 |
5 dr |
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Never circulated. |
P-303 |
ND (1920) |
50 lepta |
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There are also strip of five. |
P-313 |
ND (1922) |
10 lepta |
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Strange but it's banknote! Printed in sheet of 50. |
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P-309 |
ND (1922) |
1 dr |
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Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson.
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P-311 |
ND (1922) |
2 dr |
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P-304 |
ND (1924) |
1 dr |
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Printed by the Aspioti brothers in Corfu.
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P-306 |
ND (1924) |
2 dr |
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P-314 |
6/4/1940 |
10 dr |
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It replaced the silver 10 dr coin of 1930. |
P-315 |
6/4/1940 |
20 dr |
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It replaced the silver 20 dr coin of 1930. |
P-316 |
18/6/1941 |
50 lepta |
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Fractional notes issued by the German occupation forces. They lost very soon their value because of the inflation. |
P-317 |
18/6/1941 |
1 dr |
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P-318 |
18/6/1941 |
2 dr |
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P-319 |
18/6/1941 |
5 dr |
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P-320 |
9/11/1944 |
1 dr |
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These are the first postwar drachmas. They're fractional notes circulated instead of coins. One postwar drachma was equal to 50 billion older drachmas! |
P-321 |
15/1/1945 |
5 dr |
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P-322 |
9/11/1944 |
10 dr |
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P-323 |
9/11/1944 |
20 dr |
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P-324a P-324b |
10/7/1950 and 1/11/1953 |
100 dr |
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We can find them with two dates: 10/7/1950 and 1/11/1953. They're replaced with coins in 1954. |
P-325a P-325b |
10/7/1950 and 1/11/1953 |
500 dr |
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P-326a P-326b |
10/7/1950 and 1/11/1953 |
1000 dr |
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