Greece 2015 Spyridon Louis

Greece 2015 Spyridon Louis
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  • Product Code:Greece 2015
  • SKU:401656
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Spyridon Louis

In a last minute change, Greece changed the theme of the 2-euro commemorative coin for 2015 from „75th Anniversary of the October 28, 1940,“ to „75th Anniversary of the death of the Athlete Spiridon Louis „.

Spiridon Louis was a Greek water-carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming a national hero. Louis was born in the town of Marousi, which is now a suburb to the north of Athens, into a poor family. Louis’s father sold mineral water in Athens, at the time lacking a central water supply, and his son helped him by transporting it.

Weight - 8.5 g.

Quality - UNC (Uncirculated)

Diameter - 25.75 mm.

Composition - Bimetallic - nickel brass clad nickel center in copper-nickel ring

Circulation - 741'000 pcs

Country of origin - Greece

Year of release - 2015

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