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100 Drachmai
| Issuer | Hellenic Bank (Ελληνική Τράπεζα) |
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| Year | 1841 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ Συσταθείσα τη 30 Μαρτίου 1841 ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑ ΕΙΣ ΜΕΤΡΙΤΑ ΤΩ ΚΟΜΙΣΤΗ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΙΝ ΕΚΑΤΟΝ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ Ο ΛΟΓΙΣΤΗΣ Ο ΔΙΕΥΘΥΝΤΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΗΣ |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, bearing no design, text, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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The Hellenic Bank (Ελληνική Τράπεζα) was established in 1841 as Greece's first bank of issue, granted its charter the same year this note was produced. The institution operated under a French-influenced banking model, reflecting the broader Bavarian regency's reliance on Western European financial frameworks to build a functional monetary system for the newly independent Greek state. Greek public confidence in paper instruments was essentially nonexistent at this point — specie had been the only trusted medium for generations.
P#12 is among the rarest documented issues from this bank, and surviving examples are extraordinarily few.