Greece 2 drachmas - George I - 1911

Greece · 1911 · 2 drachmes

Circulating coinUncommon

€13.42estimate

1,500,000coins minted

€13.69silver value · 8.35 g fine at today’s price

N18571 KM61

RZReference number RZRZ-FBGN6

Circulating coin

2 drachmes de Georges Ier à la Thétis (1911)

The coin's story

Obverse: portrait of King George I, bare-headed and moustached, left profile with signature under the bust.
Greek legends around the periphery with date and mintmark below.

Reverse: mythological figure Thetis holding Achilles' shield, seated on a hippocampus.

Obverse

ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝΓ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ1911

portrait of King George I, bare-headed and moustached, left profile with signature under the bust. Greek legends around the periphery with date and mintmark below.

GJEngraved by Georgios Jakobides