Greece banknotes 100 Drachmai banknote 1912 Bank of Crete P-S154b
Obverse: Portrait of King George I of Greece top right and Ancient Drachma top left - (Cretan coin, Gortyna, Circa 2nd-1st century BC. AR Head of Minos or Zeus), arms centre, value at low centre and at each corner.
Reverse: The Minotaur's labyrinth. Cretan coin (67 B.C.).
Printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company Ltd, England.
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.
Labyrinth
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth (possibly the building complex at Knossos) was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos. Its function was to hold the Minotaur eventually killed by the hero Theseus. Daedalus had so cunningly made the Labyrinth that he could barely escape it after he built it.