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1000 Dracme Italian occupation
| Issuer | Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per la Grecia |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Currency | Ionian drachma (1941-1943) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a classical portrait bust in three-quarter profile, enclosed within a meander guilloche border, with the denomination 1000 at lower left and upper right corners. To the right of the vignette, bilingual text in Italian and Greek reads the legal tender inscription for the Ionian Islands, with DRACME 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ in bold letterpress below. The signature of IL TESORIERE appears at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | BIGLIETTO A CORSO LEGALE PER LE ISOLE JONIE ΧΑΡΤΟΝΟΜΙΣΜΑ ΕΧΟΝ ΝΟΜΙΜΟΝ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑΝ ΕΝ ΤΑΙΣ ΙΟΝΙΟΙΣ ΝΗΣΟΙΣ DRACME 1000 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ IL TESORIERE |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of a classical bas-relief in intaglio, portraying two equestrian figures on horseback in dynamic motion, framed by an elaborate meander guilloche border with ornamental corner rosettes. The denomination 1000 appears in each corner of the note. The serial number panel is printed at the far right margin. |
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