Greek 25 million drachmas bill:
Obverse: green background with swirls and Greek writing- "The Kingdom of Greece, the value of 20 million drachmas- payble on show in Athens August 10th, 1944." On each side of the writing are the representations of an ancient coin with the obverse side shown on the left and the reverse side shown on the right. The bill is numbered as 715529EE.
Reverse: printed entirely in green ink scrolls. The heading in the border says "The Bank of Greece." In the middle of the bill is a large number twenty-five with the word million through it. This is bordered by two other large number 25s. The Greek text underneith this says "first edition"

Greece went through its worst inflation in 1944. In 1942, the highest denomination was 50,000 drachmai. By 1944, the highest denomination was 100,000,000,000 drachmai. In the 1944 currency reform, 1 new drachma was exchanged for 50,000,000,000 drachmai. Another currency reform in 1953 replaced the drachma at an exchange rate of 1 new drachma = 1,000 old drachmai. The overall impact of hyperinflation: 1 (1953) drachma = 50,000,000,000,000 pre 1944 drachmai. The Greek monthly inflation rate reached 8.5 billion percent in October 1944.

Start and End Date: May 1941- Dec. 1945
Peak Month and Rate of Inflation: Nov. 1944, 13,800%

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