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2 Drachmai

Issuer Kingdom of Greece (Ministry of Finance)
Year 1917
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Obverse description Central vignette of Hermes seated, rendered in terracotta-red intaglio within a diamond-shaped frame set against a dark blue guilloche ground, flanked on each side by Classical column motifs. The denomination numeral '2' appears in cartouches at upper left and upper right, with the title inscription across the top and 'ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΥΟ' in a solid panel at the base. Law number and date are printed below the title, with two manuscript signatures at the lower centre over their respective role designations.
Obverse lettering ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
Νόμος 991
της 27ης Οκτωβρίου 1917
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΥΟ
Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ
Ο ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΟΣ ΤΑΜΙΑΣ
Reverse description The Royal Arms of Greece — a crowned shield bearing a white cross on blue, supported by two classical figures — occupies a circular vignette at left, set within an elaborate acanthus-scroll surround printed in olive-brown on an uncoloured ground. A second circular panel at right contains the numeral '2', accompanied by an anti-counterfeiting warning text. The printer's imprint runs in a single line along the lower border.
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