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100 Drachmai Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly
| Issuer | Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΠΡΟΝΟΜΙΟΥΧΟΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΚΑΤΟΝ Πληρωτέα επί τη εμφανίσει Εν Βόλω τη 2 Ιανουαρίου 1888 Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Ο ΒΑΣ. ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΣ Ο ΤΑΜΙΑΣ |
| Reverse description | A central intaglio vignette shows two reclining allegorical figures — a female figure with a lyre and a male figure — set against a scrollwork background, with two circular guilloche medallions inscribed CENT FRANCS at left and right, each incorporating a scale of justice motif and the numeral 100. The bank's French-language title BANQUE PRIVILEGIEE D'EPIROTHESSALIE appears in a straight-line panel along the lower margin. |
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The Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly was granted its charter in 1882, just one year after the Ottoman cession of Thessaly to Greece — a deliberate move by the Greek state to establish banking infrastructure in the newly incorporated territories. The bank held note-issuing rights in those regions specifically, operating in parallel with the National Bank of Greece rather than under it.
By 1888, when this note was issued, the bank was still navigating a population only recently transitioned from Ottoman commercial networks. It was absorbed into the National Bank of Greece in 1899, ending seventeen years of regional issue.