10 Drachmai

Features

Issuer	Greece
Issuing bank	National Bank of Greece (Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
King	George I (1863-1913)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1892-1900
Value	10 Drachmai
Currency	First modern drachma (1832-1944)
Composition	Paper
Size	160 × 95 mm
Shape	Rectangular with undulating edge
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 262462
References	P# 43 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Mercury at left, arms at centre, male portrait at right

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
ΔΕΚΑ
ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
10 10
ΙΣΧΥΣ ΜΟΥ Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΟΥ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΕΚΑ
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ.
ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ Τῌ 26 ΑΠΡΙΛΙΟΥ 1899
ΤΑΜΙΑΣ,
ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ,
ΒΑΣ. ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΣ,
STAATSNOTEN-ATELIER, WIEN.
DRUCK DER K. K. HOF-U. STAATSDRUCKEREI, WIEN.

Reverse

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
10 10
ΔΕΚΑ ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΔΕΚΑ
BANQUE NATIONALE DE GRECE
10 FRANCS
10
STAATSNOTEN-ATELIER, WIEN.
DRUCK DER K. K. HOF-U. STAATSDRUCKEREI, WIEN.

Translation:
Ten drachmai
National Bank of Greece
10 Francs

Printer

Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office (Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei), Vienna, Austria (1804-1918)

Comments

All dates of this note are very scarce. For demonstration purposes, when no intact notes are known, bisected notes will be shown as proof for applicable varieties.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1892-Sep-14
1894-Feb-26
1895-Jun-30
1896-Jan												Full date unknown, only bisected examples known
1899-Apr-26
1900-Jul-12

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Examples of the type

2020 November/December WKL > 2020 November/December WKL - Session 1 (lot 81505). PMG AU50 NET (restoration).
https://www.lynknight.com/items/1154339?search%5Bcatalog_session_id%5D=1643

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http://www.greekbanknotes.com/greek-banknotes/a1841_1900/

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Auction 36 Lot 1098	10 Feb 2017	1894-Feb-26	VF (stains)	Unsold
© Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
	MDC Monaco Auction 13 Lot 3016	12 Oct 2023	1895-Jun-30	VF (PMG VF25, cert. # 2184298-010)	USD 34 837.86 (EUR 30 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© MDC Monaco Monnaies de Collection sarl
	A.Karamitsos Auction 655 Lot 06369	7 Mar 2020	1896-Jan – Full date unknown, only bisected examples known	VG (bisected, PMG VG8)	Unsold
© A.Karamitsos International Auctions