Catalog
50 Drachmai unissued
| Issuer | National Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Size | 150 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette comprises an oval portrait of Georgios Stavros set within an ornate frame, flanked on either side by denomination numerals '50' in hexagonal panels with guilloche underprint and classical column vignettes. Serial numbers appear at upper left and lower right, with the bank title across the top and the denomination in Greek text below the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΕΚΤΗ 50 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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This note was printed by the American Bank Note Company for Greece's 1926–27 currency stabilization effort, backed by the League of Nations loan that also established the Bank of Greece as an independent central bank — a condition of the international credit. The 50 Drachmai denomination was prepared but never released into circulation, making issued examples nonexistent by definition. Unissued remainders from ABNC commissions of this period typically survived in printer's archives before eventually reaching the collector market.