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5 Drachmai Half of 10 Drachmai
| Uitgever | National Bank of Greece |
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| Jaar | 1885-1910 |
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| Drukker | American Bank Note Company |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | This emergency issue consists of a bisected half of the 10 Drachmai note (P-30), revalidated for circulation as a 5 Drachmai equivalent. The surviving half retains the intaglio-printed vignette of a seated allegorical female figure at right and a male portrait at upper left, with a central guilloche medallion bearing the numeral '10'. Partial Greek inscriptions including 'ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ' and 'ΔΕΚΑ' remain legible, accompanied by handwritten authorization signatures and a series number attesting to the official bisection. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK |
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| Opmerkingen |
This note exists because of a deliberate act of physical division. The National Bank of Greece authorized the bisection of printed 10 Drachmai notes, with each half receiving its own validation to circulate as a 5 Drachmai instrument — a response to a shortage of lower denominations rather than any printing or distribution failure. The practice was not unusual in 19th-century Europe, but surviving authenticated halves with intact cancellation or validation markings are genuinely difficult to find.
The American Bank Note Company plates were designed for a whole note; the bisection line itself tells you something about how casually the Greek monetary authorities treated what was, by New York standards, a finely engraved document.