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Message:: [QUOTE="zoe95, post: 1471510, member: 38744"]Greek Patriotic Coins <img src="http://i.ucoin.net/coin/61/615/61510_1s/greece_2_drachmas_1982.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://i.ucoin.net/coin/61/615/61510_2s/greece_2_drachmas_1982.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 2 Drachmai - 1982 Front: Features 2 crossed rifles and an olive branch.( Revolutionary greek weapons and argricultural,purity and glory greek Symbol)Reverse: This coin features a portrait of Georgio Karaiskakis (1782-1827), a famous Greek klepht, armatolos,military commander and a hero of the Greek War of Independence. <img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mBvTEy16SdM/TNhL2ggxhvI/AAAAAAAABTc/kDN016qyG5c/s320/2010+-+Greece.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> 2 EURO Greece 2010 commemorative- 2.500 years since the Battle of Marathon The Battle of Marathon  took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It  was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a  Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes. It was the culmination  of the first attempt by Persia, under King Darius I, to subjugate  Greece.The inner part of the coin shows a synthesis of a shield and a  runner/warrior symbolizing the battle for freedom and the noble ideals  derived from the battle of Marathon. The bird on the shield symbolises  the birth of western civilization in its present form. <img src="http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/2244/1p1828.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Greek Phoenix Coin- reverse of a Greek phoenix coin,  bearing the national emblem of Greece, ca. 1830. The words read:  "Hellenic State" and the date "1821", referring to the outbreak of the Greek Revolution.It's the first greek coin issued by Kapodistrias, the founder of the ''Hellenic State'', after the end of the War of Independence. [/QUOTE]

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