50 Lepta

50 Lepta - obverse50 Lepta - reverse

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Features

Issuer Greece
Issuing entity Ministry of Finance (Greece) (Υπουργείο Οικονομικών)
Period Axis occupation (1941-1944)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1941
Value 50 Lepta (0.50)
Currency First modern drachma (1832-1944)
Composition Paper
Size 69 × 34 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
211205
References P# 316
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ series

Obverse

Winged Victory of Samothrace at left, denomination at centre.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ
ΛΕΠΤΑ 50
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ
ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΤΗ 18 ΙΟΥΝΙΟΥ 1941
Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ

Translation:
Greek State
Fifty lepta
Payable on display
In Athens on 18 June 1941

Reverse

Church of Panagia Kapnikarea at centre.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΝΟΜΟΘΕΤΙΚΏΝ ΔΙA'ΤΑΓΜΑ ΥΠ' ΑΡΙΘ 193 THΣ 17 IOYNIOY 1941
Η ΠΑΡΑΠΟΊΗΣΗΣ Η ΠΛΑΣΤΟΓΡΆΦΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΝ ΓΝΏΣΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΣΤΌΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΊΑ ΤΙΜΩΡΟΎΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΤΆ ΤΟΝ ΝΌΜΩΝ.

Translation:
Legislative Decree No. 193 of 17th June 1941
Counterfeiting and knowingly counterfeiting are punishable by law

Printer

Aspioti-ELKA (Ασπιώτη-ΕΛΚΑ), Athens, Greece (1940-1997)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1941-Jun-18  $ 5.90 $ 6.50 Issued note

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