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1 Drachma
| Issuer | Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειον της Ελλάδος) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse description | The royal arms of Greece in an oval vignette at left and a portrait of Pericles in an oval vignette at right, with the large numeral '1' at centre flanked by guilloche underprint. The heading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ appears across the top banner, and the denomination ΔΡΑΧΜΗ ΜΙΑ is inscribed below the central vignette, with two manuscript signatures of the Treasurer and Minister of Finance beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΗ ΜΙΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ Ο ΠΕΤΡΙΝΟΣ ΤΑΜΙΑΣ Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ ΑΔΕΑ. Γ. ΑΣΠΙΩΤΗ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ |
| Reverse description | A central vignette reproduces the design of the contemporary 1-drachma coin, with Thetis riding a hippocampus and carrying the shield forged by Hephaistos, set within a circular medallion surrounded by fine lathe-work border ornaments. |
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