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2 Drachmai Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly
| Issuer | Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Value | 2 Drachmai |
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| Obverse lettering | ΠΡΟΝΟΜΙΟΥΧΟΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΥΟ Νόμος ΑΤΜΒ' από 21 Δεκεμβρίου 1885 Ο Πρόεδρος του Συνεδρίου Ο Ταμίας της Τράπεζης Bradbury Wilkinson & Co Ld London |
| Reverse description | The Greek royal coat of arms is centrally placed within an elaborate intaglio-engraved vignette: a white cross on a heraldic shield supported by two standing classical male figures, surmounted by a royal crown, all enclosed within a scrolled cartouche bearing the motto ΙΣΧΥΣ ΜΟΥ Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΟΥ. The denomination numeral 2 appears in white relief within intricate guilloche rosettes to the left and right. The entire reverse is printed in green. |
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The Privileged Bank of Epirus and Thessaly was chartered following the 1881 territorial transfer that brought Thessaly and part of Epirus from the Ottoman Empire to the Greek state — one of the few peaceful border adjustments of the period, negotiated at the Congress of Berlin without a shot fired. The bank was established specifically to serve this newly acquired region, operating separately from the National Bank of Greece, which had no immediate interest in extending its network into underdeveloped frontier territory.
Bradbury Wilkinson produced the series from their London works, a standard arrangement for peripheral Greek institutions that lacked domestic printing capacity. The bank's operational life was short; the National Bank of Greece absorbed its functions before the end of the century.