Catalog
5 Drachmai
| Issuer | National Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1914-1919 |
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| Value | 5 Drachmai |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Γ Γ 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΕ ΝΕΟΝ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ ΤΗ 5 Ιουνιου 1918. Ό ΤΑΜΙΑΣ Ό ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ Ό ΒΑΣ. ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΣ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: National Bank of Greece Third [issue] 5 Five drachmai NEW [issue] Payable on demand In Athens, 5 June 1918 The cashier The governor The royal commissioner) |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΕΝΤΕ 5 5 ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΤΡΙΤΗ AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Five drachmai 5 5 Third issue) |
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The ABNCo contract for this series reflects Greece's limited domestic printing capacity during a politically turbulent stretch that included the National Schism — the bitter constitutional rupture between King Constantine I and Prime Minister Venizelos that split the country into rival governments. The note circulated across a Greece that was, depending on the year, operating under two competing administrations with separate fiscal policies.
ABNCo printed extensively for Greek issues during this period, and the relationship predated the war years. Worth noting: the relatively small face value meant these saw heavy day-to-day use, and genuinely uncirculated survivors are disproportionately uncommon for the type.