100 Drachmai - George I Pattern

This piece was struck at the Paris Mint as a pattern proposal during negotiations over Greece's position within the Latin Monetary Union, which Athens had joined in 1867. The 100 drachmai denomination was never adopted for regular circulation — the denomination itself had no practical home in everyday Greek commerce, and the fiscal instability of the kingdom made a high-denomination gold issue politically untenable at the time.

Surviving examples are exceedingly few, as patterns of this type were produced in minimal quantities for official review rather than distribution.