10 Euros Nikos Kazantzakis

Features

Issuer Greece
Period Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2007
Value 10 Euros
10 EUR = USD 11
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 9.75 g
Diameter 28.25 mm
Thickness 1.92 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
36152
References KM# 224
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of the death of Nikos Kazantzakis

Obverse

The Greek national emblem and the €10 denomination, along with the author's signing.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
10 ΕΥΡΩ

Translation:
HELLENIC REPUBLIC
10 EURO

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Reverse

Relief effigy of the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis.

Script: Greek

Lettering: NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS YEAR 2007 ΕΤΟΣ ΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΑΖΑΝΤΖΑΚΗ

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Edge

Smooth with ten indentations ("Spanish flower")

Mint

Mintmark of The National Mint of the Bank of Greece The National Mint of the Bank of Greece (Νομισματοκοπείο - ΙΕΤΑ), Athens, Greece (1972-date)

Comments

Nikos Kazantzakis (1885–1957) is a Greek author and translator whose best-known work is the novel Zorba the Greek. He was born in Heraklion, Crete (Kriti), and educated at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he received his law degree. After graduating he went to the French Third Republic, where he studied philosophy under Henri Bergson. Also well known is his novel 'The Greek Passion', about the reenactment of a passion play in a Greek village. This excellent author is the main motif of this commemorative coin and his portrait is shown in the obverse of it.
The coin is issued in BU quality in triptych blister set along with eight (8) Greek euro coins (€2, €1, €0.50, €0.20, €0.10, €0.05, €0.02, €0.01), minted in 2007 also in BU quality.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2007  5 000 $ 22 Proof

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Country: Greece
Languages: English Greek
Numista Rarity index: 78 Search tips
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