Hi, Eugene! I missed this thread somehow, so I'm glad that you updated it. I thought you might be interested knowing something about the designer of this coin. Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet was a French sculptor and medalist born in Paris who studied under Jules Clement Chaplain. He won the First Grand Prix de Rome in 1890, was twice awarded medals at the Salon des Artistes Francais in 1895 & 1896, a silver medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, a medal of the first class at the Salon of 1905, grand prize at the Exposition of Milan in 1906 and a grand prize at the Exposition of Saragossa in 1908. In addition to designing some of the coinage for Greece, he also designed coinage for France and Mexico. Chris
30 Drachma 1963 It's not old, but for that it features the heads of 5 kings. Commemorating the royal family shortly before it was abolished (by, alas, a US-backed military coup). Sorry, only after posting this did I see the following sequences where Siberian posted the same.
New addition. George I. 5 lepta 1912, nickel, mintage - 25053000. Minted in Paris.A coins of that type were minted at another years too, but with the same date - "1912".
10 lepta 1922, aluminium, mintage - 120000000 pcs. The single release only. This coin was minted during the last days of the reign of the king Constantine I or during the first days of the reign of the king George II.
Denomination: 50 Drachma (about Drachma) Metal: Copper-Brass State: Hellenic Republic (1974 - ) Issue year: 1990 Person: Homer (8th century BC)
I set out to get a full collection of Greek coins after 1900 because they made so few of them that it seems like a realistic goal. All I need is the 1911 1 drachma, 1930 20 drachmai and I think there is a 1910 and 1911 2 drachmai. I rarely see them for sale though. I really want to finally finish a set.
By the way, the €200 gold "coin" first issued in 2003 (commemorating 75 years of the central bank) used to cost €5,000 or more because it was not really issued. (Instead, most pieces were given to special visitors etc.) Now the bank sells the remaining 600 pieces - at €2,100 only. What a bargain. Christian
Are you begging? Eugene only shares his photographs. Aside which, having the only coin collection in Siberia, he needs more friends to share them with.
Political questions aside, what do you do when you print a map of a country (or a state etc.)? You either show that country only, and leave all the neighboring areas out - or you show a geographical "map" which has the neighbors too. Both approaches are legitimate in my opinion. We had a similar "problem" with the euro coins; the first reverses showed the 15 member states of the EU as it was when the coins were first issued. Looked odd because, for example, Norway (non-EU) did not show. The current coins simply show a map of Europe (except Iceland and the European parts of Turkey), and of course some criticized that too. Oh well. Christian
