1 Drachma

Greece's small-denomination paper notes of this period existed largely because silver coinage had been hoarded or exported following the monetary instability of the 1870s and early 1880s — a familiar pattern in countries tied to the Latin Monetary Union when metallic reserves came under pressure. The government stepped in with these fractional notes as a stopgap for everyday transactions that silver should have handled.

Bradbury Wilkinson's involvement is worth noting: the firm printed for dozens of governments simultaneously and brought a consistency of intaglio quality rarely matched by state printers. At 65 × 40 mm, this is among the smallest pieces they produced for any client.