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20 Drachmai Constantine II (Wide Rim) 1973 MS65 NGC
55,00 €
Greek copper-nickel coin 20 Drachmai, King Constantine II, Wide Rim, Continious Wave Design, dated 1973. A Phoenix rising from its flames and the silhouette of the soldier bearing a rifle with fixed bayonet, the emblem of the Junta, are accompanied with the date of the coup d’état and surrounded with the face value and the inscription “ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ” (Kingdom of Greece). Selene, goddess of the Moon, is riding sidesaddle an horse who is rearing up above a dolphin who is jumping out of the water.
| Issuer | Greece  |
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| King | Constantine II (1964-1973) |
| Period | Regime of the Colonels (1967-1974) |
| Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
| Year | 1973 |
| Value | 20 Drachmai (20 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
| Weight | 12 g |
| Diameter | 32 mm |
| Thickness | 2.15 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
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