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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1249761, member: 39"]While the design with Selene is quite attractive indeed, let's keep in mind that this coin - issued during the military dictatorship, hence the soldier on the other side - is basically a copy of an earlier piece. See this image (from worldcoingallery.com) of the 20 drachmai coin issued in 1960/65:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/img4/77-85.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1249761, member: 39"]While the design with Selene is quite attractive indeed, let's keep in mind that this coin - issued during the military dictatorship, hence the soldier on the other side - is basically a copy of an earlier piece. See this image (from worldcoingallery.com) of the 20 drachmai coin issued in 1960/65: [img]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/img4/77-85.jpg[/img] Christian[/QUOTE]
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