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Economy and Finance

100th Anniversary of the union of Crete with Greece

Description

The inner part of the coin depicts Cretan rebels raising the Greek flag, a symbolic representation of Crete’s struggle for Union with Greece. On the upper side, in circular sense and with capital letters the name of the issuing country “Hellenic Republic” in Greek. Underneath the words: “100 years of the union of Crete with Greece” in Greek. On the right: “1913- 2013” and the monogram of the Greek Mint. In exergue, “ΣΤΑΜ” (monogram of the author G. Stamatopoulos).

Subject of commemoration

100th Anniversary of the union of Crete with Greece

Date of issue

2013-09-19

Issuing country

Greece

Coin image

100th Anniversary of the union of Crete with Greece coin

Official Journal

C272 20.09.2013

Issuing volume

750000