Greece. 1000 Drachma 1941 VF, Greek banknote, Alexander de Great, Type: C-a

Description: GREECE : 1.000 Greek DRACHMAI , Pick # 117 { Type : C-a } || ================= ================= |||| Types A & C : Serial nos with Prefix letters |||| Types B & D : Serial nos with Suffix letters |||| **************************************** |||| Type = A { LL NNNNNN : Small Numbers } |||| Type = B { NNNNNN LL : Large Numbers } |||| Type = C { LL NNNNNN : Large Numbers } |||| Type = D { NNNNNN LL : Small Numbers } |||| **************************************** |||| LL = Letters and NNNNNN = Numbers |||| ================= ================= || || ============= ============== || || Type (a) : text out of context || || Type (b) : text within image || || ============== ============= || Very Fine , Circulated in year : 1941 Greek Democracy . RRR Greek Banknote. with : a) Coin of Alexander the Great at left b) Waterfalls of Edessa Dimensions : 16.8 X 8.3 cmPrint : Bank of Greece, AthensWatermark : Non exist Blue and Brown. On backside : Title of picture in light background. GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC. ============================= The victorious Alexander the Great in the Battle of Issus against Persian King Darius in 333 B.C. (Source: Roman mosaic found in the House of the Faun, Pompeii, Italy.) Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας, Aléxandros ho Mégas from the Greek αλέξω alexo "to defend, help" + ανήρ aner "man"), was a king of Macedon, a state in northern ancient Greece. Born in Pella in 356 BC, Alexander was tutored by Aristotle until the age of 16. By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world, stretching from the Ionian Sea to the Himalayas. He was undefeated in battle and is considered one of history's most successful commanders. Alexander succeeded his father, Philip II of Macedon, to the throne in 336 BC after Philip was assassinated. Upon Philip's death, Alexander inherited a strong kingdom and an experienced army. He was awarded the generalship of Greece and used this authority to launch his father's military expansion plans. In 334 BC, he invaded Persian-ruled Asia Minor and began a series of campaigns that lasted ten years. Alexander broke the power of Persia in a series of decisive battles, most notably the battles of Issus and Gaugamela. He subsequently overthrew the Persian King Darius III and conquered the entirety of the Persian Empire. At that point, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River. Seeking to reach the "ends of the world and the Great Outer Sea", he invaded India in 326 BC, but was eventually forced to turn back at the demand of his troops. Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BC, without executing a series of planned campaigns that would have begun with an invasion of Arabia. In the years following his death, a series of civil wars tore his empire apart, resulting in several states ruled by the Diadochi, Alexander's surviving generals and heirs. Alexander's legacy includes the cultural diffusion his conquests engendered. He founded some twenty cities that bore his name, most notably Alexandria in Egypt. Alexander's settlement of Greek colonists and the resulting spread of Greek culture in the east resulted in a new Hellenistic civilization, aspects of which were still evident in the traditions of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-15th century. Alexander became legendary as a classical hero in the mold of Achilles, and he features prominently in the history and myth of Greek and non-Greek cultures. He became the measure against which military leaders compared themselves, and military academies throughout the world still teach his tactics. ============================= Edessa Waterfalls, Macedonia The waterfalls of Edessa didn't use to be the same as they are now. Until the end of the 14th century the main volume of the water was held in a small lake in the west of the town. Then the waters (perhaps after a geologic or weather phenomenon) decide to pass the town and to fall thematical from its rock, as a result creating many small rivers and at the same time the lake from where they were from came to an end. Many travellers of the 17th and 18th century describe the picture of the town with arock from which water falls of a lot of waterfalls. For nowadays traveller it would be difficult to understand what happened a few decades ago, when the waterfalls was an unknown place. They were hidden behind high grass, behind irrepressable vegetation, abandonned at the edge of the rock, it was considered to be a venture or even an adventure to walk down the rough paths of those days to watch them ... or to take a picture of them. From 1942 there is a different confrontation of the whole place and the first Germans see it with a touristic and of usage view. Each mornimg the sergeant of the Gestapo Fritz blocked the ways to the square, took away the identity cards of the men and if they wanted to get them back they had to give a hand at the work-site at the waterfalls. So in summer, in 1942, two swimming pools, parterres, flower-stands sprong out of nowhere. We could say now that they were built with an interesting architecture which respects the landscape. ============================= Condition : The banknote my opinion characterized : VF See the scan (pictures), shape your own opinion. The price is for each banknote.============================= Payment instructions · Paypal prefered. 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