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| Issuer | National Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | First modern drachma (1832-1944) |
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| Obverse description | This note represents the left half of a bisected 10 Drachmai note (P-46), cut vertically and issued as a 5 Drachmai emergency currency in 1922. The half retains an intaglio portrait vignette of a bearded male figure set within a circular guilloche medallion at left, alongside the numeral '10' in ornate letterpress at upper left. Red serial number and series letter appear in the lower centre field, accompanied by two manuscript signatures above the printed designations 'Ο ΤΑΜΙΑΣ' and 'Ο ΔΙΟΙΚ…', with the legend 'ΕΘΝΙΚΗ... ΔΡΑΧΜΑ... ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ' and a warning inscription at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ Ο ΤΑΜΙΑΣ Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ ΑΠΑΓΟΡΕΥΕΤΑΙ ΝΑ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΗ ΝΟΜΟΣ |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DE GRECE 10 FRANCS GRAVÉ ET IMPRIMÉ PAR DIRECT |
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