Ecru handmade fabric scarf. Hand sewn seams and hames. Embroidered detailing at corner with long cotton fringe. 1926 50 and 20 lepta coins and 1 turkish kurush(?) coin.

Purchased in 1974 in Thessaloniki. Donor wanted to have a costume from the area from which her family lived, b/c their town was destroyed by war.

Between 1926 and 1930, a new coinage was introduced for the new Hellenic Republic, consisting of cupro-nickel coins in denominations of 20 lepta, 50 lepta, 1 drachma, and 2 drachmae; nickel coins of 5 drachmae; and silver coins of 10 and 20 drachmae. These were the last coins issued for the first modern drachma, and none were issued for the second.

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