Magnificent bilingual Franco-Greek certificate issued by the Banque d'Orient (in Greek: Τράπεζα της Ανατολής — Trapeza tis Anatolis), a public limited company established by royal decree of 7 December 1904, head office in Athens. Fully paid-up capital of 25,000,000 gold francs, divided into 200,000 shares of 125 gold francs. This bank, closely linked to French capital (Société Générale, Banque de Salonique), played a key role in financing the economic development of Greece, the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. Document dated 1 July 1910 in Athens. Number 135378. Central design: a stylized Ionic column separating the Greek text (left) and French text (right), navy-blue border with neo-classical motifs. Hellenic fiscal stamp affixed. Signatures of the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and a Director. Sheet of attached coupons visible at the bottom. Apparent condition: very good, very legible inks, archive folds, no loss. A piece particularly sought after by collectors of Greek, Balkan, Ottoman or international banking scripophily. Strong historical and iconographic value.