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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 2689447, member: 71234&quot;]The first has lost the crown on the imperial double eagle symbol, it dates from the most turbulent revolutionary period when the Czar had been deposed but the Duma still had some authoritity, in effect before the later hard line marxist-lenist fad took control, and during a period when quasi-independent local regions were fighting among and within themselves all over Russia.(And issuing banknotes) It is a very fruitful era for Russian banknote collectors, with loads of issues with no great present cash value to collectors. Quite possibly modern Russians are in the process of changing this so they may become more desirable quite quickly.&nbsp; Already the classic pre-revolutionary designs are harder to find and more expensive in decent condition, although they started from a very low base.</p><p>I&#039;d rate it quite interesting if not all that valuable</p><p><br /></p><p>The second note is from the period of German occupation of Greece when the Germans confiscated the liquid assets of the Bank of Greece, or those they could get their hands on anyway.</p><p>The state currency lost all public confidence and a fine hyperinflation got under way. The second note is effectively small change from this period. The designs which before the war had been high quality with fine printing deteriorated as the face values increased, later issues were cruder by far than this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Older Greeks will be having a good chuckle about this as the Greek membership of the Euro, and their somewhat lackadaisical attitude to budgetary control and tax collection coupled with the national sport of tax evasion effectively led to the Greeks getting far more back from Germany than they lost as they merrily spent the Euros that the frugal Germans were supporting. Every time they ran out of money they were provided with more and more. What fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again a note with lots of historical interest but relatively little value.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s my opinion that humble notes have more and better stories for collectors than coins that command a similar price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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