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2 Drachmai Ionian Bank Limited
| Issuer | Ionian Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1885 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | ΙΟΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ LIMITED ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΥΟ Ο Γεγραμματεύς του Συνεδρίου Ο Ταμίας της Τραπέζης BRADBURY WILKINSON & Co. |
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| Reverse lettering | Η ΠΑΡΑΠΟΙΗΣΙΣ, Η ΠΛΑΣΤΟΓΡΑΦΗΣΙΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΕΝ ΓΝΩΣΕΙ ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΠΛΑΣΤΟΤΗΤΟΣ ΤΙΜΩΡΟΥΝΤΑΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΝΟΜΟΝ ΔΥΟ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ |
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The Ionian Bank was a British-chartered institution operating primarily in the Ionian Islands and, after 1864, across Greece following the islands' cession to the Greek state. Its right to issue notes in Greece was a commercial concession that put it in direct competition — and frequent friction — with the National Bank of Greece, which held the state monopoly by preference if not always by law. Bradbury Wilkinson produced the series from their New Malden works, a firm whose intaglio work dominated British colonial and foreign bank note contracts throughout the second half of the nineteenth century.
The 2 Drachmai denomination is the smallest in the Ionian Bank's 1885 series, and small-denomination notes of this period typically suffered disproportionate wear and loss.