100 Drachmai

Features

Issuer	Greece
Issuing bank	National Bank of Greece (Εθνική Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος)
King	George I (1863-1913)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1892
Value	100 Drachmai
Currency	First modern drachma (1832-1944)
Composition	Paper
Size	220 × 115 mm
Shape	Rectangular with undulating edge
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 262463
References	P# 45 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Athena at left, coat of arms of George I at centre, portrait of Georgios Stavros in profile at right.

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
100 ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ 100

100 100
ΙΣΧΥΣ ΜΟΥ Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΤΟΥ ΛΑΟΥ
ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ ΕΚΑΤΟΝ
ΠΛΗΡΩΤΕΑΙ ΕΠΙ Τῌ ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΕΙ,
ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ Τῌ 24 ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ 1892.

Ο ΤΑΜΙΑΣ,
Ο ΔΙΟΙΚΗΤΗΣ,
Ο ΒΑΣ. ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΟΣ,

STAATSNOTEN-ATELIER, WIEN.
DRUCK DER K. K. HOF-U. STAATSDRUCKEREI, WIEN.

Reverse

Value and bank name in French at centre surrounded by guilloches, denomination at corners.

Scripts: Greek, Latin

Lettering:
100 100

100
ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ
100

BANQUE NATIONALE DE GRECE
100 FRANCS

100 100
STAATSNOTEN-ATELIER, WIEN.
DRUCK DER K. K. HOF-U. STAATSDRUCKEREI, WIEN.

Translation:
NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE
100 FRANCS

Printer

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

Comments

Notes from 1893-1900 need additional proof, as they might not exist.

A total of 1,000,000 notes were printed.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1892-Feb-12					$ 2600
1892-Mar-03
1892-Mar-15
1892-Mar-24
1892-Apr-03
1892-Apr-12
1892-Jul-03
1892-Jul-12
1892-Jul-24
1892-Aug-03
1892-Dec-21

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Stacks Bowers January 2011 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Lot 2536	7 Jan 2011	1892-Feb-12	F	USD 14 160.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner Auction 34 Lot 1793	11 Jun 2016	1892-Feb-12	VG	USD 2904.03 (EUR 2500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
	A.Karamitsos Auction 450 Lot 06371	9 Feb 2013	1892-Feb-12	VG (aF, tears, small holes)	USD 2148.98 (EUR 1850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© A.Karamitsos International Auctions
	A.Karamitsos Auction 443 Lot 03918	4 Nov 2012	1892-Feb-12	VG (aF, tears, small holes)	Unsold
© A.Karamitsos International Auctions
	MDC Monaco Auction 13 Lot 3018	12 Oct 2023	1892-Jul-12	VF (PMG VF25, previously mounted, stained)	USD 41 817.97 (EUR 36 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© MDC Monaco Monnaies de Collection sarl
	A.Karamitsos Auction 750 Lot 06432	13 Dec 2025	1892-Jul-24	VF	USD 39 494.75 (EUR 34 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
date unlisted in Hellas catalogue
© A.Karamitsos International Auctions
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: A.Karamitsos Auction 452 Lot 06379	9 Mar 2013	1892-Aug-03	VG (aF, stamps, tears)	USD 3310.59 (EUR 2850.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© A.Karamitsos International Auctions
	A.Karamitsos Auction 445 Lot 05436	1 Dec 2012	1892-Aug-03	(aF, stamps, tears)	Unsold
© A.Karamitsos International Auctions