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1 Drachme Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly
| Issuer | Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ΠΡΟΝΟΜΙΟΥΧΟΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΗ ΜΙΑ |
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| Reverse lettering | Η ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ, Η ΠΛΑΣΤΟΓΡΑΦΗΣΙΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΝ ΓΝΩΣΕΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΣΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑ ΤΙΜΩΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΝΟΜΟΝ |
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The Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly was chartered following the Ottoman cession of Thessaly to Greece in 1881 — one of the country's first territorial gains after independence. The bank was established specifically to serve the newly incorporated provinces, which had their own distinct economic infrastructure and a population unaccustomed to Greek institutional banking. Bradbury Wilkinson produced the notes in London, a common arrangement for Greek peripheral issuers who lacked domestic printing capacity of any sophistication.
The 1 Drachme denomination would have been the workhorse of daily retail exchange in a largely agricultural region. The bank's concession was short-lived; it was eventually absorbed into the broader Greek banking consolidation of the early twentieth century.