Greece.

Yeah - but that coin nicely added Asia Minor, forcing it, so to speak, into the image. It is not just an issue of geography. It is an issue of territorial claim

 

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Not quite - the coin shows Greece (keep in mind that most of those islands along the Asia Minor coast are Greek) and the "surrounding area", cut off by the coin's edge. Compare the coin map and this one for example: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/000_Greqia_harta.PNG The Greek government played a somewhat dirty game with the Alexander coin dated 1990, but the map on that 1963 coin looks OK to me.

Christian

 

Eh - you have a soft heart. I was reading yesterday in the Turkish newspaper that they were accusing Greece of an imperial colonial invasion.

 

No, just saying. I was going to post some of my Greek coins, but most of them are already posted, so I don't have much to add.

 

Post them anyway

 

Here are a couple coins from Greece :devil:

The first one is from Corinth.

The second one is from Athens.

 

I knew that was going to happen eventually.

 

My new purchase.
10 lepta 1869, copper, weight - 10 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 14994000 pcs. Engraver: Albert Desire Barre. Strassburg Mint. Ruler: king George I (1863-1913). Coins of this type were released at 1869 and 1870 only.

 

5 lepta 1869, copper, weight - 5 g., size - 25 mm, thickness - 1 mm, mintage - 23945000 pcs. Engraver: Albert Desire Barre. Strassburg Mint. Ruler: king George I (1863-1913). Coins of this type were released at 1869 and 1870 only.

 

Republic of Greece.
50 lepta 1973, nickel-brass, weight - 2,5 g., size - 18 mm, thickness - 1,4 mm, mintage - 19152000 pcs. Engraver: M. Perantinos. The single release only.

 

Here are some coins from Greece to share.

 

I really like the Greek warrior coins.

 

... ummm, too Greek for ya?





... hi fellas

 

Is that a guy or a girl on the angry shark...? LOL

 

sadly, I think it's a dude (apparently they used to call it .... )

*stevex6-self-edit*

... yah, even I knew that I'd better clean-up my dolphin bare-back comment (my bad, fellas)

 

20 lepta 1926, copper-nickel, weight - 1,8 g., size - 16 mm, mintage - 20000000 pcs. The single release only.

 

Great post Siberian Man...nice coin collection...I know its an Ancient..but I LOVE the Owl tetradrachms from Greece.

 

Great coin and it's the first time I have seen an Owl on a coin and that is cool.

 

The Athenian owl can also be found on current money. As long as Greece has the euro, we have this coin in our pockets. Basically a copy, but nice to come across such a piece ...

 

I still haven't got a chance to get the cool euro designs, like the owl one. I have most of their design types since the 50s. Just wish there was a dansco 20th century type set album available