25 Drachmai

€1.00
IssuerCrete
Year1901-1915
TypeLocal banknote
Value25 Drachmas (25 δραχμαί)
CurrencyDrachme (1900-1929)
CompositionPaper
Size158 × 100 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)
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Reference(s) P#S153
Obverse descriptionAncient Cretan coin depicting Poseidon at top-left, coat of arms of the Cretan State at centre, portrait of George I at top-right.
Reverse descriptionAncient Cretan coin depicting a labyrinth at centre, surrounded by bank name and denomination in French, within guilloches.
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Obverse lettering25 ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΚΡΗΤΗΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΙΚΟΣΙΠΕΝΤΕ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΧΑΝΙΟΙΣ Τῌ 26 ΣΕΠΤΕΜΒΡΙΟΥ 1915 Ό `Ηγεμονικὸς `Επιτροπος Ό Διοικητής Ὁ Ταμίας 25 25 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. LD. GRAVEURS, LONDRES
(Translation: 25 Bank of Crete Twenty-five Drachmai Paid on appearance In Chania on 26 September 1915  The Sovereign Commissioner The Governor The Treasurer  25 25 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Engravers, London)
Reverse lettering25 25 BANQUE DE CRÈTE DRACHMES VINGT CINQ 25 25 BRADBURY, WILKINSON & Co. LD. GRAVEURS, LONDRES
(Translation: 25 25  Bank of Crete Twenty-five Drachmai  25 25 Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co. Ld. Engravers, London)
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Catalog ID9150700470
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