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<p>[QUOTE="wacky1980, post: 1369704, member: 32383"]looks like a greek 20 drachma (drachmae? drachmai?) featuring poseidon:</p><blockquote><p>Between 1926 and 1930, a new coinage was introduced for the new Hellenic Republic, consisting of cupro-nickel coins in denominations of 20 lepta, 50 lepta, 1 drachma, and 2 drachmae; nickel coins of 5 drachmae; and silver coins of 10 and 20 drachmae. These were the last coins issued for the first modern drachma, and none were issued for the second.</p><p><i>-from <a href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Greek_drachma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Greek_drachma" rel="nofollow">http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Greek_drachma</a></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p></blockquote><p>i see them selling on ebay starting at $30 and moving up quickly from there. i don't know ...really, anything, about these coins, so that's the best i can tell you via google.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wacky1980, post: 1369704, member: 32383"]looks like a greek 20 drachma (drachmae? drachmai?) featuring poseidon: [INDENT]Between 1926 and 1930, a new coinage was introduced for the new Hellenic Republic, consisting of cupro-nickel coins in denominations of 20 lepta, 50 lepta, 1 drachma, and 2 drachmae; nickel coins of 5 drachmae; and silver coins of 10 and 20 drachmae. These were the last coins issued for the first modern drachma, and none were issued for the second. [I]-from [URL]http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Greek_drachma[/URL] [/I][/INDENT] i see them selling on ebay starting at $30 and moving up quickly from there. i don't know ...really, anything, about these coins, so that's the best i can tell you via google.[/QUOTE]
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