Bank of Crete

Following the departure of the Ottoman forces in December 1898, the Cretan government under Eleftherios Venizelos established the Bank of Crete with the assistance of the National Bank of Greece. The bank received the exclusive privilege, for thirty years, of issuing banknotes in the island of Crete. The National Bank of Greece acquired the Bank of Crete in 1919.

BANK OF CRETE
1901-1917	25 drachmas	Bank of Crete was founded in 1899 and had the exclusive privilege of issuing banknotes in the island of Crete. The banknotes have dates from 1901 to 1919. The first issued banknotes had handwritten dates and were printed by Bradbury Wilkiinson & Co. Ltd. Bank of Crete was merged with National bank of Greece in 1919.
1901-1917	100 drachmas
1900	25 drachmas SPECIMEN	Bank of Crete 25 drachmai SPECIMEN for serial numbers A034 300,001 - A031 340,000 No signatures, perforated cancelled
1900	100 drachmas SPECIMEN	Bank of Crete 100 drachmai SPECIMEN for serial numbers A06 50,001 - A07 70,000 No signatures, perforated cancelled
1900	100 drachmas SPECIMEN	Bank of Crete, uniface colour trial 100-Drachmai, ND (c.1900), blue, grey, red and black, King George top right, numismatic head of Zeus top left, arms centre, value at low centre and at each corner (PS.154), perforated SPECIMEN
THERISSOS PATRIOTIC LOAN
1/9/1905	5 drachmas		These are the promissory notes of the 100.000 drachmas loan of the liberation committee of Crete in 1905.
1/9/1905	25 drachmas
1/9/1905	50 drachmas