5 Euros Yiannis Moralis

Features

Issuer Greece
Period Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2016
Value 5 Euros
5 EUR = USD 5.40
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Nickel brass
Weight 18.80 g
Diameter 30.50 mm
Thickness 3.20 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
95842
References KM# 282
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

100th anniversary of the birth of Yannis Moralis

Obverse

The design features the text "Hellenic Republic" (in Greek) encircling the National Crest in the center of the coin. The denomination of the coin "5 EURO" is also mentioned on the lower part of it (in Greek). The background of the coin is part of one of Yannis Moralis paintings.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
5 ΕΥΡΩ

Translation:
HELLENIC REPUBLIC
5 EURO

Engraver: George Stamatopoulos

Reverse

The design features a portrait of the painter Yannis Moralis at a later age with one of his paintings in the background. In the outer ring of the coin the painters name “YANNIS MORALIS 1916-2009” is inscribed along with the issue year “2016” and a palmette the symbol of the Greek Mint.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΟΡΑΛΗΣ 1916-2009

Translation: YANNIS MORALIS 1916-2009

Engraver: George Stamatopoulos

Edge

Plain

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

Yannis Moralis was a leading figure in 20th-century Greek art and a prominent representative of the “Generation of the Thirties”. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, initially attending the Sunday classes of Nikos Nikolaou while still in high school and later with Dimitrios Geraniotis, Konstantinos Parthenis, Oumvertos Argyros, Yannis Kefallinos, etc. as teachers. He spent three years in Paris, where he trained in painting, murals and mosaics. He taught at the Athens School of Fine Arts for 35 years, influencing generations of artists. Apart from paintings, his multifaceted oeuvre also includes engravings, sculpture, murals, ceramics, sets and costumes for theatre productions, book illustrations, and record covers, as well as artwork integrated into architectural design. By successfully combining the classical with the modern, Moralis became one of the prime exponents of “Greek modernism”. However diverse his work may have been, ranging in subject-matter and style from realism to geometric abstraction, it remained fundamentally centered on man and the themes of love and death.

Packaging: Blister pack designed by A. Michelioudaki

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2016  6 500 $ 8.60 Blister

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