GERMAN & ITALIAN OCCUPATION of GREECE WWII FORCED RE ISSUE 1000 DRACHMAI
Following the GERMAN & Fascist occupation of Greece in the early 1940’s, the Greek Government was forced to put into circulation the notes slated for destruction ( with 6 cancel holes in each ). So, these heavily used 1000 Drachmai notes ( originally issued in 1928 ) got a new life to be reused.