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1 Drachma

Issuer National Bank of Greece
Year 1917
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Printer Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Obverse description Bust of Athena in helmet at left, rendered in intaglio style against a fine guilloche underprint. The denomination ΔΡΑΧΜΗ ΜΙΑ appears in large letters within a dark ornate cartouche at centre-right, with the issuer's name ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ across the top. A red letterpress overprint reading ΝΟΜΟΣ and the date 1917 is applied at left, with serial number and printer's imprint at base.
Obverse lettering ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΔΡΑΧΜΗ ΜΙΑ
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ltd London
Reverse description The Greek royal coat of arms as a central vignette, consisting of a shield bearing a white cross on blue flanked by two standing male figures beneath a crown, enclosed within a circular guilloche frame. Intricate lathe-work geometric patterns fill the entire field in blue, with the numeral 1 repeated at left and right within ornamental panels. The printer's imprint BRADBURY WILKINSON & COMPY LTD LONDON appears along the lower margin.
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