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1 000 000 000 Drachmai various values, Agrinion
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green counterfoil at left; bank name and branch designation printed vertically at upper centre; promissory text in Greek occupies the central field. |
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| Reverse description | Plain white reverse with vertical Greek inscription at left reading ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / ΥΠΟΚΑΤΑΣΤΗΜΑ ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟΥ / Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ, accompanied by a manuscript signature of the branch director; remainder of the surface is unprinted. |
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By late 1944, wartime hyperinflation had so thoroughly destroyed the drachma that the Bank of Greece was issuing notes denominated in the billions. This particular issue, overprinted for payment at Agrinion, belongs to a sprawling regional distribution scheme where standard notes were stamped with town names to control local circulation — a stopgap administrative measure, not a monetary one.
The Pick 150A designation covers multiple face values, all sharing the overprint format. Agrinion examples surface less frequently than Athens-payable equivalents, though condition varies wildly given the chaos of the Axis withdrawal period and the civil conflict that followed almost immediately.