Katalog
| Emittent | Banque de Crète (Bank of Crete) |
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| Jahr | 1901-1917 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Drachme (1900-1929) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | 100 100 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΚΑΤΟΝ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΧΑΝΙΟΙΣ Τῌ 26 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 1914 Ὁ `Ηγεμονικὸς `Επιτροπος Ὁ Διοικητής Ὁ Ταμίας BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. LD. GRAVEURS, LONDRES 100 100 (Translation: 100 100 Bank of Crete One Hundred Drachmai Payable on Presentation In Chania on 26 April 1914 The Sovereign Commissioner The Governor The Treasurer Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Engravers, London 100 100) |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | At centre, a vignette of an ancient Cretan coin with a labyrinth motif, enclosed within intricate guilloche work. The bank name and denomination are rendered in French, arranged around the central vignette, with the printer's credit appearing at the lower margin. |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Bank of Crete was not a sovereign central bank but a privileged commercial institution, granted the right of note issue under the terms of the island's autonomous status following the 1897-98 Greco-Ottoman crisis. Crete's peculiar position — nominally still Ottoman, administered by the Great Powers, and governed locally by a High Commissioner — meant its banking arrangements were equally improvised. Bradbury, Wilkinson printed the notes in London to a quality that exceeded what the political situation on the ground probably warranted.
The series ran across nearly two decades because Crete's formal union with Greece in 1913 did not immediately trigger currency unification — circulating notes continued under the old issuing authority until absorption was administratively complete.