Live auction - fwo_665191 - GREECE 50 Drachmes Révolution du 21 Avril 1967 (1970)

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MS66

Estimate :	240 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	27 April 2021 20:09:28

Type : 50 Drachmes Révolution du 21 Avril 1967

Date: (1970)

Quantity minted : 100000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 12,5 g.

Edge : cannelée

Slab

PCGS : MS66

Catalogue references :

KM20/93

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC) BASILEION THS ELLADOS/ 50 DRACMAI.

Obverse description : Armoiries de la Grèce entourée de deux Hercules tenant massue.

Obverse legend : BASILEION THS ELLADOS/ 50 DRACMAI

Obverse translation : (Roi des Grecs/ 50 drachmes).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC) 21 APRILIOU 1967.

Reverse description : Soldat à la garde devant un Phoenix.

Reverse legend : 21 APRILIOU 1967

Commentary

La date inscrite au revers “21 avril 1967” correspond à la date du coup d’état qui instaura la “Dictature des colonels” menée par Geórgios Papadópoulos. Le phoenix et le soldat fusil à l’épaule deviennent les symboles de la junte. Le roi Constantin II reste roi tout en étant éxilé en Italie. La monarchie est définitivement abolie en 1973.
The date on the reverse, “April 21, 1967,” corresponds to the date of the coup d’état that established the “Dictatorship of the Colonels” led by Geórgios Papadópoulos. The phoenix and the soldier with a rifle on his shoulder became the symbols of the junta. King Constantine II remained king while being exiled in Italy. The monarchy was definitively abolished in 1973.