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1 Drachma Italian occupation
| Emittent | Italian Military Administration, Ionian Islands |
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| Jahr | 1941 |
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| Nennwert | 1 Drachma (1 δραχμή) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Plain white note with no pictorial vignette, relying entirely on typographic composition set within a fine guilloche border. The central text panel carries the bilingual inscription in Italian and Greek, with the denomination rendered in large Roman and Greek lettering. A manuscript signature of the Treasurer (IL TESORIERE) appears at the lower centre. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is dominated by a large central oval guilloche medallion in dark brown, with the numeral "1" in white relief on each side flanked by fine lathe-work scrollwork. The denomination is inscribed below the medallion in both Italian and Greek. A two-part serial number is printed in dark ink at the lower left and lower right corners. |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
Issued under the Italian Military Administration established after the April–June 1941 Axis invasion of Greece, this note was part of a parallel currency system imposed on the Ionian Islands — Corfu, Lefkada, Kefalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos, and Kythira — which Italy administered separately from the German and Bulgarian occupation zones on the mainland. The Ionian Islands held particular significance for Rome: Mussolini regarded them as historically Italian territory, and the occupation had an annexationist character that distinguished it from purely military governance elsewhere in Greece.
Printed at the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato in Rome, the note's tiny dimensions reflect a low-denomination scrip function — local small change rather than a circulating banknote in any meaningful sense. The drachma's exchange rate against the lira was fixed by occupying authorities at an artificial level that facilitated systematic economic extraction from the islands.