10 Drachmai

Greece was actively at war when this note entered circulation — the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 reshaped the country's northern borders dramatically, and the National Bank of Greece was simultaneously managing wartime finance and absorbing the monetary infrastructure of newly acquired territories. The American Bank Note Company had been printing Greek currency since the 1880s, and this series continued that relationship at a moment of acute fiscal pressure.

The ABNC contract meant design quality was high, but wartime demand and extended issue dates across 1912–14 produced considerable variation in serial numbering and overprint practices across the run.