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1 Drachma
| Issuer | Kingdom of Greece (Βασίλειον της Ελλάδος) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 1 Drachma |
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| Obverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΗ ΜΙΑ ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ Ο ΠΕΤΡΙΝΟΣ ΤΑΜΙΑΣ Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΩΝ ΑΔΕΑ. Γ. ΑΣΠΙΩΤΗ ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ |
| Reverse description | A central vignette reproduces the design of the contemporary 1-drachma coin, with Thetis riding a hippocampus and carrying the shield forged by Hephaistos, set within a circular medallion surrounded by fine lathe-work border ornaments. |
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Greece in 1918 was deep into the National Schism — the bitter constitutional rupture between King Constantine I and Prime Minister Venizelos that split the country between two rival governments. Small-denomination notes like this one emerged partly because the political paralysis disrupted normal coin supply, and fractional currency effectively disappeared from everyday commerce. Aspioti-ELKA, operating out of Corfu, was one of the few domestic printers capable of filling the gap — Venizelist Corfu being, not coincidentally, more accessible to the provisional government's monetary apparatus than Athens.