1000 Drachmai

Features

Issuer Greece
Issuing bank National Bank of Greece (Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
King George II (1922-1924, 1935-1947)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1923
Value 1000 Drachmai
Currency First modern drachma (1832-1944)
Composition Paper
Size 190 × 90 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
213208
References P# 72
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.

Obverse

Georgios Stavros (founder of the National Bank of Greece) at centre, denomination and columns at sides.

Reverse

View of the Parthenon atop the Acropolis in Athens at centre, denomination at sides.

Printer

Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)

Comments

Issued uncut notes and specimens are blue with brown underprint on the obverse, whereas colour trial notes are green and red on orange underprint, like this example:

Images © Spink and Son

Very few notes were issued in an uncut form, though some examples are known to exist. The note in its original form only circulated for less than four months, and almost all notes were later cut. For this note that was cut in 1926, see P#83.

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1923-Jan-05  500 000 72a: Issued note (uncut, extremely rare)
1923-Jan-05  72p: Colour trial proof
1923-Jan-05  72s: Specimen

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