Cretan State
De facto independent state (1898-1908)
Location: Eastern Mediterranean
Capital City: Chania
Government type: Independent state under international supervision
Main languages: Greek, Turkish
Main religions: Orthodox Christianity, Sunni Islam, Judaism
Chronology
1897: Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, and Austria occupy Ottoman Crete during a rebellion of Cretan Greeks
1898: Cretan State established, de jure as an Ottoman autonomy but a de facto independent state under protection of the Great Powers and administered by Prince George of Greece
1908: Joins Greece, unrecognized until 1913
Currency
Drachme (1900-1908)
1 Drachme = 100 Lepta
Coins from Crete in the collection
•10 Lepta, 1900 (Prince George (1898-1908), cupronickel, Paris mint, KM#4)
•50 Lepta, 1901 (Prince George (1898-1908), silver (.835), Paris mint, KM#6)
•5 Drachme, 1901 (Prince George (1898-1908), silver (.900), Paris mint, KM#9)