Greek Ionian Islands 5000 drachma note 1941 Gaius Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar 5000 drachma note 1941 Greek Ionian Islands banknotes

Greek Ionian Islands 5000 drachma banknote 1941
Greek Ionian Islands 5000 drachma note 1941 Gaius Julius Caesar

Obverse: Portrait of Julius Caesar.
Reverse: Greek trireme approaching shore surrounded by classical Greek symbols.



BIGLIETTI A CORSO LEGALE PER LE ISOLE JONIE
ΧΑΡΤΟΝΟΜΙΣΜΑ ΕΧΟΝ ΝΟΜΙΜΟΝ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑΝ ΕΝ ΤΑΙΣ ΙΟΝΙΟΙΣ ΝHΣΟΙΣ

These were a special issue for Ionian Islands made by Mussolini, in order to take them over after the end of the WW2. The citizens of the islands didn't accept them with satisfaction. The start of circulation was in the spring of 1943 and the end in September of 1943. The Greek state never exchanged them with drachmas.