GREECE. Georgios II, second reign, 1935-1947. 100 Drachmai 1940 (Gold, 35 mm, 32.28 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, mintage: 140 examples. Reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Β! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 25 ΝΟΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1935 Bare head of Georgios II to left. Rev. Laurel wreath tied below, containing the denomination, 100 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ in two lines. Above, the crown of the Kingdom of Greece, topped by a cross with rectangular arms. Divo 111. Karamitsos 182, KM 76. Graded by NGC "PF 63+ CAMEO". Cert number: 2908888-014.

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 300 these coins was reduced to only 140 pieces. Nevertheless, it is intriguing that even for this very limited issue there were two different reverse dies.