Saturday, October 8, 2011

Greece - Euro coins

Received from: Norway
Category: Choose a Country RR
Date: October 2011
Time of travelling: 4 days

Greek euro coins feature a unique design for each of the eight coins. They were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos with the minor coins depicting Greek ships, the middle ones portraying famous Greeks and the two large denominations showing images of Greek history and mythology. All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU, the year of imprint and a tiny symbol of the Bank of Greece. Uniquely, the value of the coins is expressed on the national side in the Greek alphabet, as well as being on the common side in the Roman alphabet. The euro cent is known as the lepto in Greek.

2 comments:

  1. Bardzo ciekawa! Nawet mogłabym taką chcieć! :P

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  2. mi się bardzo podoba ta seria, stwierdziłam, że zacznę zbierać :D na razie mam tylko Grecję i Cypr ;)

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