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10 Drachmai
| Issuer | National Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1841 |
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| Value | 10 Drachmai |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Κατασταθείσα διά του Νόμου της 30 Μαρτίου 1841. ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΜΕΤΡΗΤΑ ΤΩ ΚΟΜΙΣΤΗ, ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΙΝ. ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΕΚΑ. |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal |
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Only a handful of examples are documented from this series, making P#14 among the rarest Greek issues in existence. The National Bank of Greece was founded in 1841 — the same year this note was authorized — meaning these early Drachmai notes were issued almost immediately upon the bank's establishment, before any reliable printing infrastructure had been developed domestically.
The embossed seal was the primary authentication method, a vulnerability that was apparently recognized quickly; the series was superseded within a few years.