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500 000 000 Drachmai Agrinion
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Value | 500 000 000 Drachmai (500 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | A wartime emergency cheque-style instrument issued by the Bank of Greece, Agrinion branch, with the branch name and denomination inscribed at upper left and centre respectively. The text body, set in letterpress, orders payment of five hundred million drachmai to the bearer, dated 6 October 1944, with the branch director's manuscript signature at lower right. The note bears no vignette or decorative underprint, the design relying entirely on typeset Greek text laid out in the manner of a formal cheque order. |
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| Reverse description | Plain paper reverse bearing a circular violet branch validation stamp of the Bank of Greece, Agrinion sub-branch, accompanied by the director's manuscript signature. No vignette or decorative element is present, consistent with the emergency wartime cheque format of this issue. |
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| Signature(s) | Γ. Φάνος |
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