10 Euros Sofia Vembo

Features

Issuer Greece
Period Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2010
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#
45297
References KM# 237
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

100 Years Since Sofia Vembo's Birth

Obverse

The stave, the Greek national emblem and the €10 denomination are depicted.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
10 ΕΥΡΩ

Translation:
HELLENIC REPUBLIC
10 EURO

Engraver: Geórgios Stamatópoulos

Reverse

Portrait of the Greek singer Sofia Vempo with the logo “100 YEARS SINCE HER BIRTH”.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΣΟΦΙΑ ΒΕΜΠΟ 2010
100 ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΗ ΤΗΣ

Translation:
SOFIA VEMPO 2010
100 YEARS SINCE HER BIRTH

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

Sofia Vembo (Greek: Σοφία Βέμπο; 1910, in Gallipoli, East Thrace – 1978, in Athens) was a leading Greek singer and actress active from the interwar period to the early postwar years and the 1950s. She became best known for her performance of patriotic songs during the Greco-Italian War, when she was dubbed the "Songstress of Victory".

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2010  5 000 $ 48 Proof, in Sets only

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