The Banknotes of Greece

Banknote production status: EXTINCT. Greece now uses the Euro.

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ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / National Bank of Greece (1841-1927)

P52s	25 Drachmai 6 July 1913
Specimen. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P68s	500 Drachmai 7 December 1921 (1922)
"NEON" issue. Specimen. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P70a	5 Drachmai 24 March 1923
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / Bank of Greece (1928-1944)

P97a	50 Drachmai 24 May 1927 (1928)
Overprint on Greece P90. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P98a	100 Drachmai 14 June 1927 (1928)
Overprint on Greece P91. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P100a	1000 Drachmai 15 September 1926 (1928)
Red bar at lower right without a signature underneath it. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P100b	1000 Drachmai 4 November 1926 (1928)
Red bar at lower right without a signature underneath it. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P102a	500 Drachmai 1 October 1932
Images courtesy Brent Arthurson

P103a	5000 Drachmai 1 September 1932
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P107a	50 Drachmai 1 January 1939
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P108a	100 Drachmai 1 January 1939
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P109a	500 Drachmai 1 January 1939
Second word of small text below denomination is "EπI", not "ENI". Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P110a	1000 Drachmai 1 January 1939
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P111	1000 Drachmai on 100 Drachmai 1939
Overprint on Greece P108a. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P116a	100 Drachmai 10 July 1941
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P117b	1000 Drachmai 1 October 1941
Title of illustration on back is on a light colored background. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P118a	1000 Drachmai 21 August 1942
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P120a	10,000 Drachmai 29 December 1942
Title of illustration on back has barely any space between the text and the illustration. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P120b	10,000 Drachmai 29 December 1942
Title of illustration on back is on a light colored background. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P121a	50 Drachmai 1 February 1943
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P122a	5000 Drachmai 19 July 1943
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P123a	25,000 Drachmai 12 August 1943
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P124a	50,000 Drachmai 14 January 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P125a	100,000 Drachmai 21 January 1944
With serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P125b	100,000 Drachmai 21 January 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P126a	500,000 Drachmai 20 March 1944
With serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P127a	1 Million Drachmai 29 June 1944
With serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P127b	1 Million Drachmai 29 June 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128a	5 Million Drachmai 20 July 1944
With serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P128b	5 Million Drachmai 20 July 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P129b	10 Million Drachmai 29 July 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P130a	25 Million Drachmai 10 August 1944
With serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P130b	25 Million Drachmai 10 August 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P131a	200 Million Drachmai 9 September 1944
Underprint = tightly woven pattern without circles. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P132b	500 Million Drachmai 1 October 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P133a	2 Billion Drachmai 11 October 1944
With serial number prefix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P133b	2 Billion Drachmai 11 October 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P134b	10 Billion Drachmai 20 October 1944
With serial number suffix letters. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P135a	100 Billion Drachmai 3 November 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / Bank of Greece (1941-1997)

P168	50 Drachmai 1 January 1941
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P170a	100 Drachmai (1944)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P171a	500 Drachmai (1945)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P180b	1000 Drachmai 14 November 1947
Without watermark. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P181a	5000 Drachmai 9 June 1947
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P182a	10,000 Drachmai 29 December 1947
Without printer name at bottom on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P183a	20,000 Drachmai 29 December 1949
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P187a	20 Drachmai 15 January 1954
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P189a	10 Drachmai 15 May 1955
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P189b	10 Drachmai 1 March 1955
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P190a	20 Drachmai 1 March 1955
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P191a	50 Drachmai 1 March 1955
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P192b	100 Drachmai 1 July 1955
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P193a	500 Drachmai 8 August 1955
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P194a	1000 Drachmai 16 April 1956
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

P195a	50 Drachmai 1 January 1964
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P196b	100 Drachmai 1 October 1967
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P197a	500 Drachmai 1 November 1968
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P198b	1000 Drachmai 1 November 1970
Watermark = ¾ profile, without hair in a knot at top of head. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P199a	50 Drachmai 8 December 1978
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P200a	100 Drachmai 8 December 1978
Without letter lambda (λ) in lower left corner on back. Images courtesy Ron Wise

P201a	500 Drachmes 2 February 1983
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P202a	1000 Drachmes 1 July 1987
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P203a	5000 Drachmes 23 March 1984
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P204a	200 Drachmes 2 September 1996
Images courtesy Ron Wise

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / Kingdom of Greece (1917-1940)

P306	2 Drachmai 27 October 1917
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

P314	10 Drachmai 6 April 1940
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P315	20 Drachmai 6 April 1940
Images courtesy Ron Wise

ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ / Greek State (1941)

P317	1 Drachma 18 June 1941
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P318	2 Drachmai 18 June 1941
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P319	5 Drachmai 18 June 1941
Images courtesy Ron Wise

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / Kingdom of Greece (1944-1945)

P320	1 Drachma 9 November 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P321	5 Drachmai 15 January 1945
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P322	10 Drachmai 9 November 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P323	20 Drachmai 9 November 1944
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P324a	100 Drachmai 10 July 1950
Images courtesy Tristan White

P325a	500 Drachmai 10 July 1950
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P325b	500 Drachmai 1 November 1953
Images courtesy Ron Wise

P326a	1000 Drachmai 10 July 1950
Images courtesy Ron Wise

Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per la Grecia (1941)

PM1	5 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

PM4	100 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Ron Wise

PM5	500 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

Biglietto a Corso Legale per le Isole Jonie (1941)

PM12	5 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

PM13	10 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

PM15	100 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

PM17a	1000 Drachmai (1941)
Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

Behelfszahlungsmittel für die Deutsche Wehrmacht (1940's)

PM19	1 Reichspfennig (World War II era)
Overprint on Germany PM32. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

PM20	5 Reichspfennig (World War II era)
Overprint on Germany PM33. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

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