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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MEC2, post: 1641748, member: 38692&quot;]And so the mailman arrived bearing gifts from overseas. This first note might be one of the toughest I have ever gotten, not because it is altogether that rare, it&#039;s uncommon but there is usually one or two listed on theBay, but because I was the first underbidder on this note well over a dozen times, once by two cents and once by twenty four cents. Few notes have ever evaded me as much as this one did.</p><p><br /></p><p>But now I have it. It&#039;s a rarer issue, though not tremendously rare. This note was the note originally designed to be released in 1939 as shown below. However, they were never released, and were overprinted at a higher denomination (what is the Greek word for inflation?) instead. The overprint is the far more common variety. The notes are otherwise identical, with a couple Downs looking Greek girls on the front, and the famous Amphipolis lion statue on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/100DrachmaF_zpsc67badbc.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/100DrachmaB_zpse07a2063.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For reference, here is my copy of the overprinted version:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/1000DFront.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/Currency/Greek%20Notes/1000DBack.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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