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GREECE. Georgios II, second reign, 1935-1947. 100 Drachmai 1940 (Silver, 37 mm, 25.04 g, 12 h), Heaton mint, issued on the event of the 5th anniversary of the restoration of monarchy, from dies by F. Kovacs and O. Steinberger, reeded edge. Mintage: 500 pieces. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Β! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 25 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1935 Bare head of Georgios II to left. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / 100 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece. Divo 113. Karamitsos 181. KM 75. Graded by NGC "PF 64". Cert number: 2909007-001.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities.

The fifth anniversary of the restoration of monarchy was to be celebrated on 25 November 1940. However, less than a month before, on the 28th October 1940, Mussolini declared war and the Italians began their disastrously incompetent attempt to invade Greece through the mountains of Epirus. In this turbulent period the Greek State's original order for the production of 2000 these coins was reduced to only 500 pieces.