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25 Drachmai
| Issuer | National Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1871-1886 |
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| Value | 25 Drachmai |
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| Obverse description | At upper left, a portrait vignette of Georgios Stavros is flanked at upper centre by an allegorical group of two female figures, with the national arms positioned at lower right. The entire composition is executed in intaglio, enriched by fine guilloche ornamental work that frames the central design elements. Bilingual text in French appears across the face of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Three large circular guilloche rosette medallions are arranged horizontally across the reverse, each enclosing the numeral "25" within an intricate starburst pattern. The central medallion, octagonal in outline, carries the inscriptions "BANQUE NATIONALE" and "25 FRANCS DE GRECE" within concentric guilloche borders. The American Bank Note Company imprint appears in the lower margin. |
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The National Bank of Greece turned to the American Bank Note Company at a time when ABNC was the prestige choice for governments that wanted intaglio work beyond what European printers were offering smaller states. Greece had been using French and British printers for earlier issues, and the shift to New York for this series reflected both the quality available and, practically, American willingness to extend credit arrangements to sovereign clients.
The 1871 start date for the series places it squarely in the period following Greece's absorption of the Ionian Islands — a territorial expansion that pushed the NBG to expand note circulation to cover newly integrated regions.