GREECE

The Hellenic Republic of Greece is a country on the south west tip of Europe with its capital City being Athens. Greece Gained its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. In 1940, during  WWII the Italians invaded followed by a German occupation which lasted until 1944.  A civil war then followed between the monarchists and the communists. Following the defeat of the Communists in 1949, Greece joined NATO in 1952.In 1981 Greece joined the EU and in 2001 joined the Eurozone.

Greece has its own alphabet which you can find here

Moetary unit: 1 Drachma = 100 Lepta (1841 - 2001)
                    1 Euro = 100 Cents (2001 onward)

This note is the 100 Drachmai note from 1978. The front of the note has the Goddess Athena and the reverse has Adamantios Korais, a humanist Scholar and the church of the Arkadi monastery in Crete to the right.